An Analysis of the Effect of a Memory Education Program on the Memory Improvement of Six Year Old Children

Abstract

In the current study, 52 six year old children (26 boys and 26 girls) attending a preschool education institution were studied to assess the impact of a memory education program applied to them to learn to what extent the program affected their memory improvement. Children’s Memory Scale (CMS), developed by Morris Cohen (1997), was used to collect data. The test group (n=26) was applied a supportive educational program for memory improvement verbally and visually two days per week and for two weeks only. Mann Whitney U test and Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test were used in the analysis of the data. It was found that the program applied resulted in a significant increase in the scores of these children’s general memory.