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Title Working memory and education / edited by Susan J. Pickering
Published London : Academic Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 315 pages) : illustrations
Series Educational psychology series
Educational psychology.
Contents Working memory: an overview / Alan Baddeley -- Understanding normal and impaired reading development: a working memory perspective / Peter F. de Jong -- Children's reading comprehension: the role of working memory in normal and impaired development / Kate Cain -- Working memory, executive functioning, and children's mathematics / Rebecca Bull and Kimberly Andrews Espy -- Working memory and dynamic testing in children with learning disabilities / H. Lee Swanson -- Deconstructing working memory in developmental disorders of attention / Kim Cornish, John Wilding, and Cathy Grant -- Working memory and deafness: implications for cognitive development and functioning / Madeleine Keehner and Joanna Atkinson -- Working memory in the classroom / Susan E. Gathercole, Emily Lamont, and Tracy Packiam Alloway -- Assessment of working memory in children / Susan J. Pickering -- Sources of working memory deficits in children and possibilities for remediation / Meredith Minear and Priti Shah
Summary Psychologists have been trying to understand the factors that underpin children's success and failure in different educational domains for many years. One psychological function that has been found to play an important role in educational achievement is 'working memory', the processes involved in the temporary maintenance and manipulation of information. This book provides the reader with an up-to-date review of the research that has identified how working memory relates to academic attainment in: reading, reading comprehension, arithmetic and writing, as well as looking at how children with difficulties relating to hearing impairment and attention deficits differ in terms of their working memory. Other chapters focus on how working memory is called upon in classroom settings, how working memory can be assessed, and approaches to remediation. The opening chapter of the book provides an account of working memory from the architect of the model that has dominated psychological theory for over two decades. This book is a valuable resource for psychologists, educationalists, and anyone seeking to understand more about the cognitive basis of educational achievement in children. * It brings together in one volume information that would normally be found in different sources * It brings together two disciplines that are highly relevant to one another (psychology and education) but not often linked directly * Provides psychologists with a perspective on educational practice * Provides educationalists with a well-established psychological framework for viewing educational phenomena * It provides information about up-to-date research techniques * It provides suggestions on how psychological theory can be translated into practice in educational settings
Psychologists have been trying to understand the factors that underpin children's success and failure in different education domains for many years. One psychological function that has been found to play an important role in educational achievement is working memory, the processes involved in the temporary maintenance and manipulation of information. This book provides the reader with an up-to-date review of the research that has identified how working memory relates to academic attainment in reading, reading comprehension, and arithmetic. It also looks at how children with difficulties relating to hearing impairment and attention deficits differ in terms of their working memory. Other chapters focus on how working memory is called upon in classroom settings, how working memory can be accessed, and approaches to remediation. The opening chapter of the book provides an account of working memory from the architect of the model that has dominated psychological theory for over two decades. This book is a valuable resource for psychogists, educators, and anyone seeking to understand more about the cognitive basis of education achievement in children
Analysis Executive function
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-307) and index
Notes In English
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Subject Short-term memory.
Child development.
Cognition in children.
Memory in children.
Children.
Cognition.
Learning.
Memory.
Human beings.
Child
Humans
Cognition
Learning
Memory
Memory, Short-Term
Child Development
children (people by age group)
cognition.
memory (psychological concept)
Homo sapiens (species)
Memory.
Short term memory.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Child development.
Cognitive development.
Deafness.
Learning disabilities.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Child.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychotherapy -- Child & Adolescent.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Child Development.
Memory
Learning
Cognition
Children
Child development
Cognition in children
Memory in children
Short-term memory
Leerprocessen.
Geheugen.
Form Electronic book
Author Pickering, Susan J
ISBN 9780125544658
0125544650
1280633603
9781280633607
9786610633609
6610633606
9780080454863
0080454860