- Jubilee offer: spend £10 or more on any product sold by Amazon.co.uk on or before June 6 and you can buy The Diamond Jubilee A Classical Celebration Album for just £2.50 Here's how (terms and conditions apply)
| |||||||||||||||
 Trade In this Item for up to £5.75
Get an extra £5 when you trade in books worth £10 or more until June 30, 2012. Trade in Improving Working Memory: Supporting Students' Learning for an Amazon.co.uk gift card of up to £5.75, which you can then spend on millions of items across the site. Trade-in values may vary (terms apply). Find more products eligible for trade-in.
|
Special Offers and Product Promotions
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
More About the Author
Product Description
Review
'The accurate assessment of working memory difficulties and the implementation of appropriate strategies is very pertinent to meeting the learning needs of pupils with special educational needs (SEN). This publication provides practical examples, case studies, tips and pointers to enable practitioners in education to support children and young people to become successful independent learners. Most certainly a worthwhile read for those involved in working with diverse learners' -
Anita Devi, Senior Lecturer, The Centre for Special Needs Education and Research (CeSNER), School of Education,
The University of Northampton
Anita Devi, Senior Lecturer, The Centre for Special Needs Education and Research (CeSNER), School of Education,
The University of Northampton
'Intersesting book and clearly presented - found it very useful'
-Ms Karen Freeman, BCPH, Northbrook College Sussex
'This is full of great ideas and very clear explanations. A very useful book indeed'
-Ms Karen Tulloch
Education , St Mary's University College
'This is an excellent book for child psychology'
-Mrs Tracy Costelloe
Childcare/ Special Needs, St. Sheelans College
'A very useful and readable text, which covers both theory and practice. It is essential reading for educational psychologists and for teachers of children and young people'
-Dr Dario Pellegrini, Child and Family, Tavistock Centre
Product Description
Your working memory is the information your brain stores for a short period of time, it is your brain's post-it note if you like, and how much information you can remember has a huge influence on how well you do at school, and beyond.
By understanding a child's working memory, you will be able to support their learning at school, and their concentration. Better working memory can be particularly useful to children with conditions where poor working memory is thought to be an underlying factor. Such conditions include:
- dyslexia
- dyscalculia
- speech and language difficulties
- developmental coordination disorders (motor dyspraxia)
- ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)
- autistic spectrum disorders
This book explains how to spot problems early, and how to work with children to improve their working memory, therefore increasing their chances of success in the classroom. It also explains the theory behind working memory.
Underpinned by rigorous research and written in a highly accessible style, this book will appeal to practitioners, parents and students as an essential guide to helping their students fulfil their maximum potential.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was really excited to find this book as I thought it would really help me find techniques and tactics that we could do with my son who has learning difficulties. It gives a pretty clear overview of each of the different types of learning difficulties but tactics where in very short supply. I was then really irritated to find that the answer was a product that the author was plugging pretty fiercely in the book as the answer. She clear has some affiliation to the product and when I searched for reviews of the product online, the only place I could find any was a group of mums who described it as boring and annoying for the children.
All in all, I suggest saving your money. I also purchased Help for the Struggling Student at the same time by Mimi Gold and it is the exact opposite in that it is full of easy to use exercises that help the child develop different strategies for their own learning.
All in all, I suggest saving your money. I also purchased Help for the Struggling Student at the same time by Mimi Gold and it is the exact opposite in that it is full of easy to use exercises that help the child develop different strategies for their own learning.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Everyone involved in teaching should read this book. It's easy to understand, comprehensive and provides important strategies for teaching students with working memory problems. It's too easy to assume that someone is lazy or inattentive. After reading this book you'll be much wiser!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a very informative book for those interested in learning more about working memory and its implications both in the classroom and in the home. I found the cognitive profiles very interesting and look forward to reading the book a second time.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
The best in the field
Tracy Alloway tells the story of how she has single-handedly pioneered the research into this hugely important aspect of the brain's cognitive functioning. Read more
Published 14 days ago by hannahonfire
Basic Information on Working Memory
Misleading title as there were very few strategies in the book for improving working memory. In addition I felt that the contents did not 'flow' in some areas - clarity was lost. Read more
Published 3 months ago by A. Rudra
Not what is says on the tin....
I bought this book in the hope it would discuss and demonstrate HOW to improve working memory. It spends over 100 pages telling us about who has these problems and a few pages... Read more
Published 9 months ago by ALW
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
