Abstract:
The purpose of this quasi-experimental research was to study the effects of the development of working memory program in enhancing vocabulary memory abilities of primary school students. Sample was, 60 students, who studied at Banbowin school, Chonburi. They were randomly assigned into two groups: experimental and control, 30 persons each working memory. The experimental group received the program two times a week for eight times with 50 minutes in each time, while the control group received the regular class activities from school. The research instruments were 1) the working memory program to enhance vocabulary memory abilities for primary school student which was the skill training on vocabulary memory capacities of the brain which was designed by the researcher by integrating the working memory and Gestalts theory concept, 2) Corsi blocks test and 3) the vocabulary memory exam, 15 items. The data collection consisted of two phases; the pretest and the posttest. The data were analyzed with the Mann - Whitney test and Wilcoxon signed ranks test.
The results of the study were as follows; 1) The students in the experimental group had significantly higher at the posttest phase than the pretest phase (p < .05). 2) The students in the experimental group had significantly higher score than those in the control group in the posttest phase (p < .05). It could be concluded that the working memory program was effective for enhancing the vocabulary memory abilities for primary school students.