Open AccessWorking memory and its relation to achievement motivation among academically outstanding students at the faculty of education, Majmaah university
Author(s) -
Mai Fathi Al-Baghdadi,
Eman Mahmoud El Ashmawy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of childhood, counselling and special education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2709-5843
pISSN - 2709-5835
DOI - 10.31559/ccse2021.2.1.2
Subject(s) - psychology , working memory , mathematics education , need for achievement , academic achievement , sample (material) , cognition , chemistry , chromatography , neuroscience
The current study aimed to identify the relationship between the working memory and its tasks (Audio Numbers - Category Classification - Visual Matrix - Maps & Directions), and achievement motivation among academically outstanding students, the study sample consisted of 60 students (GPA= 4.5 and above), who were academically outstanding in the faculty of Education, the Majmaah University from different departments. By using Working Memory and Achievement motivation tests, the results were extracted by the SPSS program indicated: There is a positive statistically significant relationship at the level (0.05) between the achievement motivation and working memory tasks, and the presence of a positive statistically significant relationship at (0.001) level between achievement motivation and memory of maps and directions.