The role of central executive of working memory in academic goal setting

Background and Aim : Setting a goal needs executive control to make a decision about future end states considering various factors. We studied the relationship between central executive of working memory and goal setting in this paper.Methods : A sample of 110 middle school students included by simple random sampling in this research. Central executive of working memory assessed by the Backward score of Digit Span task and goal setting assessed by the difference between the last academic performance and the grade goal for the next semester.Results : The findings showed a negative correlation between the variables (R=-0.36, p=0.001) and that the Backward scores can predict goal-setting by a significant regression equation (F(1,108)=16.55, p=0.001) with an R2 of 0.13.Conclusion : The negative correlation between central executive performance and goal-setting shows that poor central executive performance can be related to poor understanding of ability or poor ability in predicting future.

کلیدواژه ها:

central executive ، goal setting ، grade goal ، working memory