The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the working memory promotion training
for learning disabilities. The subjects in this study were 20 children with learning disabilities who
were in their fifth and sixth grade of elementary school in J province. After an experimental group
and a control group were randomly organized with 10 children respectively, the experimental group
provided working memory promotion training in 20 sessions, 40 minutes each, to evaluate the
influence of the training on their vocabulary acquisition, reading task performance and self-efficacy.
No training was provided to the control group. The major findings of the study were as follows:
Firs, the working memory promotion training turned out to be effective at fostering the vocabulary
acquisition skills of the children with learning disabilities. Second, the working memory promotion
training turned out to be effective at improving the reading task performance of the children with
learning disabilities. Third, the working memory promotion training turned out to be effective at
boosting the self-efficacy of the children with learning disabilities.