reveal the relationship between verbal working memory and listening comprehension skills among preparatory school pupils

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 قسم علم النفس التعليمي، كليـة التـربيـة بتفهنا الأشراف، جامعـة الأزهـر.

2 كليـة التـربيـة ، جامعـة الأزهـر.

3 قسم علم النفس التعليمي، كليـة التـربيـة، جامعـة الأزهـر

Abstract

The current research aimed to reveal the relationship between verbal working memory and listening comprehension skills among preparatory school pupils.  The research goals also included revealing the differences between males and females in both listening comprehension skills and verbal working memory. The study tools - the verbal working memory scale and the listening comprehension test – were administered to a sample of (132) students in the academic year (2021-2022AD). The number of males was (52) and the number of females was (80) from the second preparatory school pupils whose ages ranged between (14-15) years. Findings of the statistical analysis (Pearson's correlation coefficient and the t-test) indicated that there is a statistically significant positive relationship between verbal working memory and listening comprehension skills among preparatory school pupils. Findings also revealed that there were no statistically significant differences in both listening comprehension skills and verbal working memory due to the gender variable (males-females).

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