Author: Kirk R. John
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Category : Children with mental disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The Diagnostic Utility of Various Measures of Short-term Memory with Learning-disabled and Educable Mentally Retarded Children
Author: Kirk R. John
Publisher:
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Category : Children with mental disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children with mental disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Dissertation Abstracts International
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ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Visual Short-term Memory with Trainable Mentally Retarded Children and Adolescents
Author: Michele Preuss
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Category : Children with mental disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children with mental disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities Abstracts
Author:
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Category : Mental retardation
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
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Category : Mental retardation
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Improving Working Memory in Learning and Intellectual Disabilities
Author: Silvia Lanfranchi
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2889198979
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
The last forty years of research have demonstrated that working memory (WM) is a key concept for understanding higher-order cognition. To give an example, WM is involved in reading comprehension, problem solving and reasoning, but also in a number of everyday life activities. It has a clear role in the case of atypical development too. For instance, numerous studies have shown an impairment in WM in individuals with learning disabilities (LD) or intellectual disabilities (ID); and several researchers have hypothesized that this can be linked to their difficulties in learning, cognition and everyday life. The latest challenge in the field concerns the trainability of WM. If it is a construct central to our understanding of cognition in typical and atypical development, then specific intervention to sustain WM performance might also promote changes in cognitive processes associated with WM. The idea that WM can be modified is debated, however, partly because of the theoretical implications of this view, and partly due to the generally contradictory results obtained so far. In fact, most studies converge in demonstrating specific effects of WM training, i.e. improvements in the trained tasks, but few transfer effects to allied cognitive processes are generally reported. It is worth noting that any maintenance effects (when investigated) are even more meagre. In addition, a number of methodological concerns have been raised in relation to the use of: 1. single tasks to assess the effects of a training program; 2. WM tasks differing from those used in the training to assess the effects of WM training; and 3. passive control groups. These and other crucial issues have so far prevented any conclusions from being drawn on the efficacy of WM training. Bearing in mind that the opportunity to train WM could have a huge impact in the educational and clinical settings, it seems fundamentally important to shed more light on the limits and potential of this line of research. The aim of the research discussed here is to generate new evidence on the feasibility of training WM in individuals with LD and ID. There are several questions that could be raised in this field. For a start, can WM be trained in this population? Are there some aspects of WM that can be trained more easily than others? Can a WM training reduce the impact of LD and ID on learning outcomes, and on everyday living? What kind of training program is best suited to the promotion of such changes?
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2889198979
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
The last forty years of research have demonstrated that working memory (WM) is a key concept for understanding higher-order cognition. To give an example, WM is involved in reading comprehension, problem solving and reasoning, but also in a number of everyday life activities. It has a clear role in the case of atypical development too. For instance, numerous studies have shown an impairment in WM in individuals with learning disabilities (LD) or intellectual disabilities (ID); and several researchers have hypothesized that this can be linked to their difficulties in learning, cognition and everyday life. The latest challenge in the field concerns the trainability of WM. If it is a construct central to our understanding of cognition in typical and atypical development, then specific intervention to sustain WM performance might also promote changes in cognitive processes associated with WM. The idea that WM can be modified is debated, however, partly because of the theoretical implications of this view, and partly due to the generally contradictory results obtained so far. In fact, most studies converge in demonstrating specific effects of WM training, i.e. improvements in the trained tasks, but few transfer effects to allied cognitive processes are generally reported. It is worth noting that any maintenance effects (when investigated) are even more meagre. In addition, a number of methodological concerns have been raised in relation to the use of: 1. single tasks to assess the effects of a training program; 2. WM tasks differing from those used in the training to assess the effects of WM training; and 3. passive control groups. These and other crucial issues have so far prevented any conclusions from being drawn on the efficacy of WM training. Bearing in mind that the opportunity to train WM could have a huge impact in the educational and clinical settings, it seems fundamentally important to shed more light on the limits and potential of this line of research. The aim of the research discussed here is to generate new evidence on the feasibility of training WM in individuals with LD and ID. There are several questions that could be raised in this field. For a start, can WM be trained in this population? Are there some aspects of WM that can be trained more easily than others? Can a WM training reduce the impact of LD and ID on learning outcomes, and on everyday living? What kind of training program is best suited to the promotion of such changes?
Research in Education
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
Book Description
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
Book Description
Working Memory and Severe Learning Difficulties (PLE: Memory)
Author: Charles Hulme
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 1317748433
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
"Working memory" is a term used to refer to the systems responsible for the temporary storage of information during the performance of cognitive tasks. The efficiency of working memory skills in children may place limitations on the learning and performance of educationally important skills such as reading, language comprehension and arithmetic. Originally published in 1992, this monograph considers the development of working memory skills in children with severe learning difficulties. These children have marked difficulties with a wide range of cognitive tasks. The studies reported show that they also experience profound difficulties in verbal working memory tasks. These memory problems are associated with a failure to rehearse information within an articulatory loop. Training the children to rehearse material is shown to help alleviate these problems. The implications of these studies for understanding normal memory development, and for models of the structure of working memory and its development are discussed. It is argued that the working memory deficits seen in people with severe learning difficulties may contribute to their difficulties on other cognitive tasks.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 1317748433
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
"Working memory" is a term used to refer to the systems responsible for the temporary storage of information during the performance of cognitive tasks. The efficiency of working memory skills in children may place limitations on the learning and performance of educationally important skills such as reading, language comprehension and arithmetic. Originally published in 1992, this monograph considers the development of working memory skills in children with severe learning difficulties. These children have marked difficulties with a wide range of cognitive tasks. The studies reported show that they also experience profound difficulties in verbal working memory tasks. These memory problems are associated with a failure to rehearse information within an articulatory loop. Training the children to rehearse material is shown to help alleviate these problems. The implications of these studies for understanding normal memory development, and for models of the structure of working memory and its development are discussed. It is argued that the working memory deficits seen in people with severe learning difficulties may contribute to their difficulties on other cognitive tasks.
Cumulated Index Medicus
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
Resources in Education
Author:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Serves as an index to Eric reports [microform].
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Serves as an index to Eric reports [microform].
The ETS Test Collection Catalog
Author: Educational Testing Service
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN: 9780897744775
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The major source of infornmation on the availability of standardized tests. -- Wilson Library BulletinCovers commercially available standardized tests and hard-to-locate research instruments.
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN: 9780897744775
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The major source of infornmation on the availability of standardized tests. -- Wilson Library BulletinCovers commercially available standardized tests and hard-to-locate research instruments.