Alloway, Tracy Packiam Tracy Packia Ross G. Alloway
It is hard to conceive of a classroom activity that does not involve working memory - our ability to work with information. In fact, it would be impossible for students to learn without working memory. From following instructions to reading a sentence, from sounding out an unfamiliar word to calculating a math problem, nearly everything a student does in the classroom requires working with information. Even when a student is asked to do something simple, like take out their science book and open it to page 289, they have to use their working memory. Most...
It is hard to conceive of a classroom activity that does not involve working memory - our ability to work with information. In fact, it would be im...