a Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center for the Study of Learning Disabilities , University of Haifa , Haifa , Israel.
Child Neuropsychol. 2014;20(6):752-65. doi: 10.1080/09297049.2013.863272. Epub 2013 Dec 17.
Working memory (WM) plays a crucial role in supporting learning, including reading. This study investigated the influence of reading acceleration and WM training programs on improving reading skills and WM abilities. Ninety-seven children in third grade were divided into three study groups and one control group. The three study groups each received a different combination of two training programs: only reading acceleration, WM followed by reading acceleration, and reading acceleration followed by WM. All training programs significantly improved reading skills and WM abilities. Compared with the control group, the group trained with only the reading acceleration program improved word accuracy, whereas the groups trained with a combination of reading and WM programs improved word and pseudo-word fluency. The reading-acceleration-alone group and the WM-program-followed-by-reading-acceleration group improved phonological complex memory. We conclude that a training program that combines a long reading acceleration program and a short WM program is the most effective for improving the abilities most related to scholastic achievement.
工作记忆（WM）在支持学习方面起着至关重要的作用，包括阅读。本研究探讨了阅读加速和 WM 训练计划对提高阅读技能和 WM 能力的影响。97 名三年级儿童被分为三组和一组对照组。三组研究组每组都接受了两种训练计划的不同组合：仅阅读加速、阅读加速后 WM 训练和 WM 后阅读加速。所有的训练计划都显著提高了阅读技能和 WM 能力。与对照组相比，仅接受阅读加速训练的组提高了单词准确性，而接受阅读和 WM 综合训练的组提高了单词和假词流畅度。仅进行阅读加速训练的组和进行 WM 训练后进行阅读加速训练的组提高了语音复合记忆能力。我们的结论是，将一个长期的阅读加速计划和一个短期的 WM 计划相结合的训练计划是提高与学业成绩最相关的能力的最有效方法。
