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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Susan Gathercole , Tracy Packiam AllowayPublisher: SAGE Publications Inc Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc Dimensions: Width: 17.00cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 0.260kg ISBN: 9781412936132ISBN 10: 1412936136 Pages: 144 Publication Date: 09 January 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsWhat Is Working Memory? Working Memory in Childhood Working Memory and Learning Children with Working Memory Impairments Children with Short-Term Memory Impairments Working Memory in Children with Developmental Disorders Assessing Working Memory Supporting Learning in Memory-Impaired ChildrenReviews'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 '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 '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 Author InformationTracy 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 Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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