Table 5.
Descriptive statistics for working memory for Grades 1–6 and for the total sample in Study 2
| Monkey Game | Lion Game | AWMA Word Recall Backward | AWMA Odd One Out | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | |
| Grade 1 | 20 | .45 | .14 | 20 | .49 | .18 | 19 | 5.20 | 1.32 | 19 | 6.68 | 3.85 |
| Grade 2 | 34 | .47 | .14 | 32 | .56 | .14 | 34 | 6.53 | 2.14 | 34 | 7.62 | 2.12 |
| Grade 3 | 33 | .54 | .15 | 32 | .66 | .15 | 33 | 7.76 | 2.57 | 33 | 9.61 | 3.28 |
| Grade 4 | 16 | .60 | .14 | 15 | .76 | .15 | 14 | 8.21 | 2.36 | 14 | 10.64 | 3.30 |
| Grade 5 | 16 | .60 | .11 | 15 | .79 | .06 | 15 | 9.27 | 2.15 | 15 | 10.40 | 2.59 |
| Grade 6 | 20 | .61 | .12 | 21 | .78 | .08 | 20 | 9.55 | 2.74 | 21 | 11.89 | 2.74 |
| Total | 139 | .53 | .15 | 135 | .66 | .17 | 136 | 7.55 | 2.66 | 136 | 9.24 | 3.39 |
AWMA = Automated Working Memory Assessment