Improving Working Memory: Supporting Students? Learning

Packiam Alloway, Tracy

ISBN 10: 1849207488 / ISBN 13: 9781849207485

Published by Sage Publications, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Improving Working Memory: Supporting Students? Learning
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849207488
• ISBN 13: 9781849207485
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Your working memory is the information your brain stores for a short period of time, it is your brain′s post-it note if you like, and how much information you can remember has a huge influence on how well you do at school, and beyond.

By understanding a child′s working memory, you will be able to support their learning at school, and their concentration. Better working memory can be particularly useful to children with conditions where poor working memory is thought to be an underlying factor. Such conditions include:

• dyslexia
• dyscalculia
• speech and language difficulties
• developmental coordination disorders (motor dyspraxia)
• ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)
• autistic spectrum disorders

This book explains how to spot problems early, and how to work with children to improve their working memory, therefore increasing their chances of success in the classroom. It also explains the theory behind working memory.

Underpinned by rigorous research and written in a highly accessible style, this book will appeal to practitioners, parents and students as an essential guide to helping their students fulfil their maximum potential.

 

About the Author

Tracy Packiam Alloway, PhD, is a professor of Psychology at the University of North Florida. Formerly, she was the Director of the Center for Memory and Learning in the Lifespan in the UK. She is an expert on working memory and education, and has published over 75 journal articles and books on this topic. She developed the internationally recognized Alloway Working Memory Assessment (Pearson Assessment, translated into 20 languages). She writes a blog for Psychology Today and Huffington Post. She has also provided advice to Fortune 500 companies, like Prudential, as well as the World Bank and BBC.

www.tracyalloway.com