THE BRITISH ACADEMY,
established by Royal Charter in 1902, champions and supports the humanities and social sciences. It is an independent, self-governing fellowship of scholars elected for their distinction and achievement.
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Working Memory and Learning during School Years
This lecture took place on 03 December 2003
Professor Sue Gathercole, University of Durham
Working memory refers to the ability to store and manipulate information in mind for a brief period of time. The capacity of working memory increases steadily over the childhood years, and also varies markedly between individuals of the same age. This lecture will provide an overview of evidence that children with poor working memory capacities often fail to achieve normal scholastic progress in school, due largely to working memory failures that impeded their learning in routine classroom activities. Professor Gathercole discusses ways of alleviating working memory demands during learning.
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