Working Memory and Learning A Practical Guide for Teachers

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 underperforming children

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

Contains 144 pages A4