Screen LibraryWorking memory and education
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Academic Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam |
| Publication Dates: | c2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Educational psychology series |
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| Carrier Form: | xxii, 315 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0125544650 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | B844 |
| CLC: |
B844.1 B842.3 |
| Call Number: | B842.3/W926 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 memo 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 rela |