Assessing Working Memory Capacity in a Non-Native Language

Autor/inn/en	Sanchez, Christopher A.; Wiley, Jennifer; Miura, Timothy K.; Colflesh, Gregory J. H.; Ricks, Travis R.; Jensen, Melinda S.; Conway, Andrew R. A.
Titel	Assessing Working Memory Capacity in a Non-Native Language
Quelle	In: Learning and Individual Differences, 20 (2010) 5, S.488-493 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1041-6080
DOI	10.1016/j.lindif.2010.04.001
Schlagwörter	Short Term Memory; Evaluation Methods; English (Second Language); Task Analysis; Reading Tests; Second Language Instruction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kurzzeitgedächtnis; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Aufgabenanalyse; Lesetest; Fremdsprachenunterricht
Abstract	The present studies directly test the usefulness of two English-language working memory capacity (WMC) assessments with two samples of students whose native language was not English. Participants completed two widely used complex span tasks, Reading Span (RSpan) and Operation Span (OSpan), in English. To determine whether the well-established relationship between WMC and Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices (RAPM) would be observed when span tasks were not given in the native language of the participant, span scores were regressed against performance on the RAPM. Results indicated that while OSpan was a reliable and valid predictor of RAPM in non-native-English speakers, RSpan administered in English was not. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10