Efecto del programa integral de estimulación de la inteligencia en el mejoramiento de la memoria de trabajo. Cuenca. Septiembre 2015 – Junio 2016

Abstract

Background: We now know that these skills are not innate, but are developed in the first years of life, when the person is exposed to stimuli. Here we analyze the improvement of one of them, the working memory. General Objective: to determine the effect of the integral program of stimulation of the intelligence (PIENSO) in the improvement of the working memory in children of the canton Cuenca. September 2015 - June 2016. Methodology: is a quasi experimental study. 368 students enrolled in fourth year of basic divided into two groups: experimental and control. The experimental group formed 7 schools in which the authorities chose to train for the application of the PIENSO. The control group comprised 6 schools where teachers were not trained. In the experimental group the PIENSO was applied during a school year and the control group did not. Before and after the intervention, the working memory scores were obtained using the WISC IV scale in the two groups, for analysis. Results: Mean scores increased significantly at the end of PIENSO in both groups. Although this increase was greater in the experimental group it was not statistically significant (p = 0.183). Conclusions: PIENSO showed that it can improve working memory in the experimental group, although the differences with the control group are not significant; we conclude that the use of these programs are not a guarantee to achieve an improvement in working memory