Standardization of the Working Memory Test Battery

Based on Baddeley’s (1996) model of working memory, which in addition to a central executive postulates a phonological loop and a visuo-spatial sketchpad as subsystems, a computer-based Working Memory Test Battery (AGTB) has been developed for the purpose of reliably measuring all subsystems of the working memory in children aged 5 to 12. Apart from developing and testing the individual subtests validation and reliability studies of the test battery are central to the research being conducted. The test battery was realized in the context of a computer program for data collection and has been standardized using a sample of approximately 1600 children.

Collaborators: Prof. Dr. Dietmar Grube (University Oldenburg), Prof. Dr.Claudia Mähler (University Hildesheim), Inga Schmid (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) together with Prof. Dr. Ruth Schumann-Hengsteler's research team (Catholic University Eichstätt)