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11 - Assessing Children’s Working Memory

from Part II - Models and Measures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 July 2022

By
Milton J. Dehn
Edited by
John W. Schwieter  and
Zhisheng (Edward) Wen
John W. Schwieter
Affiliation:
Wilfrid Laurier University
Zhisheng (Edward) Wen
Affiliation:
Hong Kong Shue Yan University
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Summary

Working memory is a complex construct and neurological function that includes short-term auditory and visual-spatial storage, information processing, and executive awareness and regulation. An in-depth assessment of working memory should test these diverse components with contemporary standardized measures. Informal procedures, such as interviews and observations, should investigate related behaviors, such as the application of strategies. Multibattery assessment data should then be analyzed to determine individual strengths and weaknesses across working memory’s integrated components and to identify the relations weaknesses may have with other memory, cognitive, and executive abilities, as well as academic and daily living impairments. The results of such analyses can then be used to inform interventions and accommodations+L18

Keywords

working memorymultibattery assessmentcognitive processesacademic learninganalyzing test results
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The Cambridge Handbook of Working Memory and Language , pp. 219 - 246
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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