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. 2013 Jul 8;16(6):915–925. doi: 10.1111/desc.12068

Table 2.

Pre- and post-training scores by group

  Adaptive training Non-adaptive training No intervention
Pre-assessment (T1) Post-assessment (T2) Pre-assessment (T1) Post-assessment (T2) Pre-assessment (T1) Post-assessment (T2)
n M SD n M SD n M SD n M SD n M SD n M SD
Working memory
 AWMA
  Verbal STM1 34 89.04 15.05 34 93.56 11.40 30 85.20 14.71 30 88.22 12.06 30 84.27 12.38 30 91.72 10.07
  Visuo-spatial STM1 34 86.59 10.24 34 96.97 15.35 30 91.16 10.04 30 90.45 9.23 30 83.55 10.90 30 87.03 12.19
  Verbal WM1 34 81.41 5.53 34 96.25 11.08 30 85.48 6.85 30 90.47 9.23 30 85.58 7.49 30 85.47 9.22
  Visuo-spatial WM1 34 86.35 6.63 34 99.94 10.25 30 88.35 5.60 30 95.43 8.96 30 84.20 7.52 30 90.13 9.68
 Classroom -based tasks
  Following instructions2 33 15.42 4.18 33 17.94 5.06 28 15.82 4.20 28 15.00 4.42 17 15.76 4.05 17 15.94 3.82
  Rhyme recall2 32 3.72 2.17 32 4.53 2.06 30 3.63 2.19 30 4.63 1.67 30 4.23 1.91 30 4.60 1.87
  Sentence counting (storage)2 34 6.76 3.75 34 9.71 3.33 30 8.80 3.79 30 10.07 3.22 30 9.47 3.17 30 9.07 3.33
  Sentence counting (processing)2 34 8.59 4.00 34 10.15 3.67 30 9.57 3.08 30 10.27 3.30 30 10.00 2.56 30 9.80 3.27
Ability
 IQ
  Verbal IQ1 34 90.82 10.71 34 91.00 13.94 26 92.77 16.44 26 90.62 15.75 30 87.97 17.29 30 90.17 15.99
  Performance IQ1 34 92.41 13.44 34 91.68 13.48 27 88.89 8.47 27 92.22 11.27 30 87.07 11.83 30 90.13 10.87
 Maths
  Number operations1 33 94.40 14.49 33 94.15 13.76 29 90.07 14.36 29 92.90 16.16 30 89.43 14.15 30 91.10 14.17
  Maths reasoning1 33 90.39 15.17 33 87.36 14.89 29 89.14 16.61 29 87.76 13.64 30 82.97 10.81 30 81.90 12.16
 Reading
  Basic reading1 34 88.71 12.88 34 88.85 13.93 30 90.69 17.47 29 89.07 15.86 30 88.10 14.86 30 92.03 15.83
  Reading accuracy1 30 86.80 12.12 30 88.80 12.94 28 88.61 14.40 28 90.43 12.32 28 86.71 15.16 28 88.21 12.12
  Reading comprehension1 30 82.63 11.97 30 85.57 12.54 28 86.96 14.55 28 87.00 12.56 28 84.43 13.56 28 84.46 12.58
  Reading rate1 29 101.38 13.90 29 104.69 14.21 27 103.15 16.27 27 106.04 13.54 27 101.70 15.47 27 101.52 16.66
  Written expression3 32 163.72 13.29 32 167.88 12.42 27 173.93 11.45 27 173.11 12.66 16 168.00 10.28 16 168.69 11.63
Visual scanning and attention
 Visual scanning
  Items correct4 33 2.10 .75 33 1.68 .58 30 1.74 .61 29 1.55 .48 30 1.71 .61 30 1.65 .52
 Attention
  Omissions5 33 68.41 26.20 33 62.26 15.03 27 66.58 16.41 29 64.047 14.77 22 77.50 25.01 22 80.756 32.71
  Commissions5 33 47.45 9.86 33 50.92 8.65 27 51.67 6.38 29 54.44 8.61 22 54.63 6.56 22 53.38 7.44
  Hit Rate5 33 63.52 13.93 33 58.46 11.70 27 60.57 14.67 29 59.32 13.91 22 69.31 13.62 22 65.76 15.19

Standard score.

Trials correct.

Raw scores.

Seconds.

t-scores.