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Tracy Alloway, PhD. THE CONNECTED INTELLIGENCE: WORKING MEMORY AT SCHOOL, PLAY & WORK. WHAT is Working Memory?. IPPISSISSIM. NATSHKAZAK. Improving Working Memory, Alloway 2010 (Sage Press). The cat sat on the mat. Where was the cat sitting?. (3+9)x8=?.
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Tracy Alloway, PhD THE CONNECTED INTELLIGENCE:WORKING MEMORY AT SCHOOL, PLAY & WORK
WHAT is Working Memory? IPPISSISSIM NATSHKAZAK Improving Working Memory, Alloway 2010(Sage Press)
The cat sat on the mat. Where was the cat sitting? (3+9)x8=? Cowan & Alloway (2008) Development of Memory in Infancy & Childhood Swanson & Alloway (2012) APA Educational Psychology Handbook
OVERVIEW • Education • Happiness • Lifespan
Working Memory: Education Alloway TP (2010) Improving Working Memory (Sage Press)
Working Memory: Education READING WRITING MATH Alloway et al (2005) British Journal of Developmental Psychology Alloway et al (2004) J. of Experimental Child Psychology
Working Memory: Education READING SPELLING MATH Alloway & Alloway (2010) JECP
Working Memory: Education • Gifted: NAGC • High IQ, not all High WM • IQ measures WHAT you know • WM measures WHAT YOU DO with what you know Alloway & Elsworth (2012) Learning & Individual Diff
Working Memory: Education DYSPRAXIA WM AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDER Additive Effect ADHD READING & MATH DISABILITIES Alloway et al (2009) J. of Learning Disabilities
Working Memory: Equalizer • Financial background/ Socio-economic Status • Mother’s educational level Alloway et al (2005) British J of Developmental Psychology; Alloway, Alloway, & Wootan (2014) J of Experimental Child Psy
WM & HAPPINESS • Depression • Optimism • Overall, I expect more good things to happen to me than bad. • I rarely count on good things happening to me.
WM & HAPPINESS WM Optimism Depression Alloway & Alloway, Moulder (2014) Under reivew
HOW BIG IS YOUR POST-IT NOTE?
TRY IT! Oranges live in water T or F? Alloway TP (2007). AWMA. Pearson Assessment
TRY IT! Lions have four legs T or F? Alloway TP (2007). AWMA. Pearson Assessment
TRY IT! Last words? Alloway TP (2007). AWMA. Pearson Assessment
Working Memory: Lifespan • 5 years • 10 years • 15 years • 70 years Alloway, TP., & Alloway, RG (2013, J. of Cognitive Psychology)
Working Memory: Lifespan • 5 years • 10 years • 15 years • 60 years Alloway, TP., & Alloway, RG (2013, J. of Cognitive Psychology)