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Assessing Working Memory in Children: The Comprehensive Assessment Battery for Children – Working Memory (CABC-WM)
Published on: June 12, 2017
Screening for working memory deficits in the classroom: the psychometric properties of the working memory rating
Sébastien Normand1, Rosemary Tannock
11Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Canada.
Objective:
The aim of this 18-month longitudinal study was to explore the psychometric properties of the recently developed Working Memory Rating Scale (WMRS) within a general school population of 524 six- to nine-year-old children (259 boys, 265 girls) and with an examination of sex and time differences.
Method:
Teachers completed the WMRS and children completed objective measures of WM and standardized measures of academic achievement.
Results:
Confirmatory factor analyses indicated a poor fit for the 20 original WMRS items. Post hoc analyses, however, revealed that the factor structure of an alternative five-item short form was strong for both boys and girls and at the two time points, spanning two consecutive academic years. Internal consistency, criterion-related validity, and convergent validity of this alternative five-item WMRS were also excellent.
Conclusion:
The short five-item WMRS may eventually provide teachers with a useful and time-effective method to screen for WM deficits at school.
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