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Equipping school and child psychologists, and neuropsychologists with critical information on the role of working memory in learning and achievement, Working Memory and Academic Learning offers guidance on assessment tools, interventions, and current evidence-based best practices. Its specific, step-by-step guidance and hands-on case studies enables you to identify how working memory relates to academic attainment and how to apply this knowledge in professional practice.

Introduction and Overview
What is Working Memory?
Working Memory versus Short-Term Memory
Controversies Surrounding Working Memory
Working Memory Measurement
Compatibility with Response-to-Intervention
Interventions for Working Memory
Learning Objectives
Theories and Models of Working Memory
Information Processing Model
The Atkinson-Shiffrin Model
Levels of Processing Model
Baddeley's Model
Contributions from Daneman and Carpenter
Kane and Engle's Executive Attention Model
Cowan's Embedded-Process Model
Oberauer's Facet Theory
Long-Term Working Memory
Neuropsychological Evidence
The Controversy Over Working Memory Capacity
An Integrated Model of Working Memory
The Structure of the Integrated Model
Definition of Working Memory
Descriptions of Memory Components
Capacity of Working Memory Operations
Key Points
Working Memory Development and Related Cognitive Processes
Development of Working Memory Capacity
Long-Term Memory
Expertise and Automatization
Deficit Models
Relations with Other Cognitive Processes
Disorders and Conditions with Working Memory Deficits
Conclusions and Implications
Working Memory and Academic Learning
Working Memory and Learning Disabilities
Working Memory and Oral Language
Oral Language Disabilities
Working Memory and Reading
Working Memory and Mathematics
Working Memory and Written Language
Implications for Assessment, Instruction, and Intervention
Working Memory Assessment Strategies
Working Memory Assessment Challenges
Distinguishing Between Short-Term and Working Memory Measures
Short-Term and Working Memory Testing Paradigms
Hypothesis Driven Assessment of Working Memory
Multimethod Assessment of Working Memory
Reviewing Records for History
Interviews
Observations
Cross-Battery and Selective Testing
Assessment Recommendations for Specific Disabilities
General Guidelines for Interpreting Test Scores
Analysis of Working Memory Test Scores
Interpretation of Working Memory Assessment Results
The Use of Non-Standardized Working Memory Measures
Key Points
Using Cognitive Scales to Assess Working Memory
Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) Theory and Working Memory
General Guidelines for Selecting Working Memory Subtests
General Guidelines for Administering Working Memory Subtests
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition (SB5)
Differential Ability Scales, Second Edition (DAS-II)
Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition (KABC-II)
Cognitive Assessment System (CAS)
Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Cognitive Abilities (WJ III COG)
Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test (UNIT)
The Wechsler Scales
WISC-IV Integrated
The NEPSY-II: A Developmental Neuropsychological Assessment
Key Points
Assessing Working Memory with Memory Scales
Wechsler Memory Scales-Third Edition (WMS-III)
Children's Memory Scale (CMS)
Test of Memory and Learning-Second Edition (TOMAL-2)
Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning (WRAML-2)
Working Memory Test Battery for Children (WMTB-C)
Automated Working Memory Assessment (AWMA)
Swanson Cognitive Processing Test (S-CPT)
Key Points
Working Memory Interventions
General Approaches to Working Memory Interventions
General Strategy Training Procedures
Metacognitive Training
Metamemory Training
Working Memory Interventions
Mnemonics
Long-Term Memory Interventions
Phonological Processing Interventions
Reading Comprehension Strategies
Academic Skills and Automaticity
Working Memory Training in Children with ADHD
Medication
Computerized Working Memory Training
Classroom Instruction That Supports Working Memory
Key Points
Case Studies, Reporting Results, and Recommendations
Applied Research Study
Assessment Case Studies
Written Interpretation of Working Memory Test Results
Illustrative Psychological Report Summary
Oral Interpretation of Working Memory Test Results
Recommendations for Future Working Memory Tests
Working Memory Subtests in Cognitive Scales
Working Memory Assessment Plan
Working Memory Analysis Worksheet
Working Memory Interpretative Summary
Working Memory Subtests in Memory Scales
Conversion Table: Scaled Scores to Standard Scores
Related Processing Subtests in Cognitive Scales
References
Index
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