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Do measures of working memory predict academic proficiency better than measures of intelligence

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: It is often asserted that working memory predicts more variance in academic proficiency than do measures of intelligence. We used data from three studies to show that the validity of this assertion is highly dependent on the method of analysis. Using the same measures of intelligence, but different measures of working memory and algebraic proficiency, we found working memory provided better explanatory power only when analysis was conducted on the observed variable level. When the same data were analysed using structural equation models, only measures of intelligence had a direct effect on algebraic proficiency. From a theoretical viewpoint, our findings are consistent with a claim that working memory is a constituent component of (fluid) intelligence.

Source: NIE Digital Repository (National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University)

Authors: Kerry Lee, Madeline Pe, Su Yin Ang, Lazar Stankov

Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Language: English

Topic: Cognitive Abilities and Testing

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2586079318

FWCI: 0.522

Cites: 29

Cited by: 12

Related to: 10