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Working Memory and Learning: A Practical Guide for Teachers 1st Edition

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A good working memory is crucial to becoming a successful leaner, yet there is very little material available in an easy-to-use format that explains the concept and offers practitioners ways to support children with poor working memory in the classroom.

This book provides a coherent overview of the role played by working memory in learning during the school years, and uses theory to inform good practice.

Topics covered include:

" the link between working memory skills and key areas of learning (such as literacy & numeracy)

" the relationship between working memory and children with developmental disorders

" assessment of children for working memory deficits

" strategies for supporting working memory in under-performing children

This accessible guide will help SENCOs, teachers, teaching assistants, speech and language therapists and educational psychologists to understand and address working memory in their setting

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′The authors have written a guide for practitioners that is both highly practical, and yet based upon sound theoretical principles….This book achieves a successful, yet often elusive, link between theory, research and practice, and deserves to have a high readership. I will have no hesitation in recommending it to a range of readers′ - Jane Mott, Support for Learning

′This book fulfils its aim to explain working memory and the limits it places on children′s classroom learning. For teachers it gives a very clear guide and fills a gap in understanding that can only lead to more child-centred approaches to teaching and learning′ - Lynn Ambler, Support for Learning

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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.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ SAGE Publications Ltd; 1st edition (January 30, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1412936136
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1412936132
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.69 x 0.33 x 9.53 inches

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Tracy Packiam Alloway, PhD, is an award-winning psychologist, professor, and TEDx speaker. She has published 15 books and over 100 scientific articles on the brain and memory. She has also provided consultancy to the World Bank on reading in developing countries and is a sought-after speaker internationally. Her research has been featured on BBC, Good Morning America, the Today Show, Forbes, Bloomberg, The Washington Post, Newsweek, and many others. She was also featured as an expert in the documentary The Observed Life.
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jks

Excellent Guide for All Educators

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2009

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In a time when research shows that learning and social language skills increase when children with special needs are included in the regular education classrooms, practical tools seem to be scarce for educators to develop strategies that serve the learning needs of all in their classroom. The largest group of children on IEP's present with working memory deficits; however, your classrooms also include many children that have not formally been identified with learning disabilities who also have working memory weakness. Working Memory and Learning: A Practical Guide for Teachers is a wonderful tool for all educators to educate and arm themselves with strategies that help you modify the same curriculum across all populations in your classroom. If you are a parent of a child who is struggling or failing in the regular classroom, read this book to gain insight and empower yourself in ways to help your child learn more efficiently in the classroom environment.

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Sonia

Understanding my son's learning disabilities

Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2013

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My son has a above average IQ but a diminished "working memory". This book helped me understand my son's learning problem and helped me explain it to his teachers. Now the teachers are very interested in knowing more about this because it seems to be common problem in a considerable percentage of the students in the classrooms. The book contains suggestions as of how to deal with this but they are very hard to implement in a normal classroom setting where the teacher has more than 20 students with different requirements. I still recommend it.

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L. Nicole Lubar

Big fan of the book

Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2016

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At last, a concise book with clear explanations, and concrete steps one can take. When I first found the book I was fumbling. Since then, my teaching has improved. Recently I have recommended it to (and purchased it for) parents of children who I teach -- children with executive functioning issues (incl. ADHD, working memory). It is helpful to the parents to know that it isn't manipulative, disrespectful, scatter-brained behavior. It is truly that the child can't hold onto and manipulate information without great effort and some help. It is also helpful in my describing why skills must be learned to automaticity. Otherwise, mental energy is spent on skill-level tasks instead of higher order thinking.

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Beej

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2017

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Very easy to understand, great ideas for helping students in an inclusive classroom.

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michelle l

not as useful as I'd hoped

Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2015

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This book was easy to read but it was a little too basic. For the price of it there was very little information in it. I had hoped to get ideas to help me to help the children in my class. All I learned from the book was that if your visuo short term memory is good you can use it to compensate for poor verbal short term memory. Other than that tough luck, you're stuck with what the good Lord gave you. The strategies given were vague. I would have like specific examples.

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Emmie

Great Information

Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2013

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This is a very good practical guide for teachers - just like it says in the title. I found this book to be worth every penny.

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MariJ

Great resource for teachers

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2015

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Great resource for teachers. Quite practical, just as is stated in the title. This book is easily and quickly read which allows for prompt application of strategies.

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WM: Essential to Consider

Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2011

Working Memory, I feel, deserves more attention - in the sphere of education. If you are interested in litarature on how to engage the mind in meaningful ways, or simply interested in learning about various dimensions of memory I think this is an essential read. It is more for the curious academic oriented mind interested in being better informed about learning and memory. These authors have also published in acadmic journals if you want to dig deeper into specific research (i.e. Working Memory Skills and Educational Attainment: Evidence from National Curriculum Assessments at 7 and 14 years of Age, 2004).

These authors have provided a great snap-shot into working memory here, specifically for educators/education. Easy to suggest this to folks interested in this topic. There are not actually many this specific on the topic. For language teachers Stevick does touch this, but not as much as what is done here, but great book on memory nonetheless, see: Memory, Meaning, and Method: Some Psychological Perspectives on Language Learning .

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William Allen

Brilliant concise text

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 14, 2016

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A very detailed but concise overview of working memory and its impact on student learning. Language was straightforward and it was easy to comprehend the principal messages. The most significant message is the strong correlation between WM and student achievement - but most teachers are probably not even aware of this, and look to other causes. The authors spend two chapters giving methodical ways of helping these students with poor WM. Excellent - the sort of book that all teachers should have read. I wish I had thirty years ago!

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Cinzia

Libro utile per chi si occupa di bambini e apprendimento

Reviewed in Italy on June 21, 2014

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Utilissimo. Linguaggio chiaro. Fornisce molte idee agli insegnanti su come aiutare i bambini con deficit di working memory. Da leggere.

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Maureen

Not much I didn't already know.

Reviewed in Canada on February 16, 2015

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Although this book is informative, there really wasn't anything I didn't really know. It just made sense! Perfect for those that need an introduction to working memory theories.

Jane Turner

Useful guide

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 23, 2013

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This gave a clear, not too detailed overview of the issues and strategies to overcome working memory difficulties. I felt that for the cover price of the book, there could have been a bit more to it. It is a fairly quick and easy read though and as such would be informative for teachers with all levels of understanding of neurological issues affecting learning. Definitely glad I read it, not sure I'll be going back to it again and again. Maybe one to borrow rather than buy.

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John

Very informative.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 4, 2021

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A good book for anyone wanting to know more about how working memory can effect people with dyslexia. Clear, uncomplicated and valuable information on ways to support learning and development.

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