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Assessing Working Memory in Children: The Comprehensive Assessment Battery for Children – Working Memory (CABC-WM)
Published on: June 12, 2017
Validity and reliability of an online visual-spatial working memory task for self-reliant administration in
Eva Van de Weijer-Bergsma1, Evelyn H Kroesbergen, Emilie J Prast
1Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Pedagogical and Educational Sciences, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80140, 3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands, e.vandeweijer@uu.nl.
Abstract:
Working memory is an important predictor of academic performance, and of math performance in particular. Most working memory tasks depend on one-to-one administration by a testing assistant, which makes the use of such tasks in large-scale studies time-consuming and costly. Therefore, an online, self-reliant visual-spatial working memory task (the Lion game) was developed for primary school children (6-12 years of age). In two studies, the validity and reliability of the Lion game were investigated. The results from Study 1 (n = 442) indicated satisfactory six-week test-retest reliability, excellent internal consistency, and good concurrent and predictive validity. The results from Study 2 (n = 5,059) confirmed the results on the internal consistency and predictive validity of the Lion game. In addition, multilevel analysis revealed that classroom membership influenced Lion game scores. We concluded that the Lion game is a valid and reliable instrument for the online computerized and self-reliant measurement of visual-spatial working memory (i.e., updating).
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