Effectiveness of N-Back training software on working memory in students with dyslexia

Dyslexia has allocated the most percentage of learning disability (LD) students; also working memory is another important factor in learning that dyslexia students have severe weakness in it. Thus، the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of N-back training software on promoting working memory of students with dyslexia. For this purpose، amongst the male students of grades 2 to 5 in elementary schools of Rasht (2013-2014)، at first eighteen students were selected and then were distributed randomly to two experimental (n=9) and control groups (n=9). Instruments that were used for data collecting were reading and dyslexia test، Daneman and Carpenter’s working memory test and N-back Training software. Research design was pretest-posttest randomized group design. Analysis of data using covariance analysis (ANCOVA) revealed significant differences between experimental and control groups after N-back Training of experimental group. Therefore، it was included that using the N-back software helps to improve the working memory and it’s components in the students with dyslexia.