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Author:   Gary D. Phye (Iowa State University, Ames, U.S.A.) ,  Susan J. Pickering (Lecturer in Psychology, Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol, U.K.)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9780125544658

ISBN 10:   0125544650
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   22 May 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

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Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Working Memory: An Overview Alan Baddeley 2. Understanding Normal and Impaired Reading Development: A Working Memory Perspective Peter F. de Jong 3. Children's Reading Comprehension: The Role of Working Memory in Normal and Impaired Development Kate Cain 4. Working Memory, Executive Functioning, and Children's Mathematics Rebecca Bull and Kimberly Andrews Espy 5. Working Memory and Dynamic Testing in Children with Learning Disabilities H. Lee Swanson 6. Deconstructing Working Memory in Developmental Disorders of Attention Kim Cornish, John Wilding, and Cathy Grant 7. Working Memory and Deafness: Implications for Cognitive Development and Functioning Madeleine Keehner and Joanna Atkinson 8. Working Memory in the Classroom Susan E. Gathercole, Emily Lamont, and Tracy Packiam Alloway 9. Assessment of Working Memory in Children Susan J. Pickering 10. Sources of Working Memory Deficits in Children and Possibilities for Remediation Meredith Minear and Priti Shah Subject Index

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Gary D. Phye, Past President of the Iowa Educational Research and Evaluation Association, is the new editor of the Academic Press Educational Psychology Book Series. He has published numerous research articles and book chapters in the areas of classroom learning and transfer. He previously co-edited two of the bestselling volumes in the book series: School Psychology with Dan Reschly and Cognitive Classroom Learning with Tom Andre. In addition to being the co-author of an undergraduate educational psychology text, Dr. Phye has also co-authored (with K. Josef Klauer) a newly-published program designed to teach and assess the inductive reasoning and metacognitive strategies of young children. Dr. Phye is currently working with the Ames Community public schools in the training and assessment of inductive reasoning strategies of special needs children in primary and intermediate grades.

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