Understanding Working Memory Contributor(s): Packiam Alloway, Tracy (Author), Alloway, Ross G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1446274209 ISBN-13: 9781446274200 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $139.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Learning Styles - Education | Educational Psychology |
Dewey: 370.152 |
LCCN: 2014936742 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.7" W x 9.5" (0.92 lbs) 168 pages |
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Publisher Description: It is hard to conceive of a classroom activity that does not involve working memory - our ability to work with information. In fact, it would be impossible for students to learn without working memory. From following instructions to reading a sentence, from sounding out an unfamiliar word to calculating a math problem, nearly everything a student does in the classroom requires working with information. Even when a student is asked to do something simple, like take out their science book and open it to page 289, they have to use their working memory.
Tracy Packiam Alloway is an award-winning psychologist based at the University of North Florida Ross Alloway is the CEO of Memosyne Ltd, a company that brings cutting-edge scientific research to parents.
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Contributor Bio(s): Packiam Alloway, Tracy: - 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. www.tracyalloway.com Alloway, Ross G.: -Ross Alloway, PhD, CEO of Memosyne Ltd., brings working memory training to educators and parents. Ross developed Jungle Memory, used by thousands of students in over twenty countries. Together with Tracy Alloway, Ross edited an academic book on working memory (Psychology Press) and co-authored a popular science book (Simon & Schuster, translated into 17 languages). He has also has published research with Tracy Alloway on working memory in a variety of contexts, from education to aging, from happiness to lying, from barefoot running to Facebook. Their research has been featured on BBC, ABC News, Huffington Post, Salon, The Washington Post, and Newsweek. He writes a blog for Huffington Post. www.docsalloway.com
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