Abstract

• The main purposes of this study are to develop the Visual Memory Test, to investigate the level of children’s visual memory, to compare children’s visual memory by gender and regions, and to explore the relationship between visual memory and academic achievement of children. A total of 548 Grade 6 students were selected by using stratified sampling technique. Visual Memory Test developed by the researchers using IRT was used to measure visual memory of children. Then, Myanmar Achievement Test, English Achievement Test, Mathematics Achievement Test, Science Achievement Test, History Achievement Test and Geography Achievement Test developed by the researcher were used to examine academic achievement of children. The findings indicated that female students have higher level of visual memory than male students. Then, the ANOVA results revealed that there was a significant difference in visual memory by regions. Moreover, the findings stated that visual memory of children was positively correlated with their academic achievement. Furthermore, the results indicated that visual memory was a predictor of academic achievement, especially achievement in Myanmar, English, Mathematics and Science subjects. Therefore, it can be concluded that children with higher visual memory will perform better in their academic achievement.