Working Memory and Academic Learning: Assessment and Intervention

407 Pages·2008·1.54 MB·English

by  Milton J. Dehn

Working Memory
and Academic
Learning
Assessment and Intervention
By
Milton J. Dehn
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Working Memory
and Academic
Learning

Working Memory
and Academic
Learning
Assessment and Intervention
By
Milton J. Dehn
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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CONTENTS
Foreword Elaine Fletcher-Janzen xiii
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xxi
CHAPTER 1 Introduction and Overview 1
What is Working Memory? 2
Working Memory versus Short-Term Memory 3
Controversies Surrounding Working Memory 4
Working Memory Measurement 5
Compatibility with Response-to-Intervention 6
Interventions for Working Memory 7
Learning Objectives 8
CHAPTER 2 Theories and Models of Working Memory 10
Information Processing Model 11
The Atkinson-Shiffrin Model 12
Levels-of-Processing Model 14
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