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Direct linkAlloway, Tracy Packiam; Gathercole, Susan E.; Elliott, Julian – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2010
Aim: The aim of the present study was to investigate whether behaviours typical of working memory problems are associated with poor academic attainment in those with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), as well as a non-clinical group identified on the basis of working memory difficulties. Method: Children clinically diagnosed with…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Standardized Tests, Numeracy, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Gathercole, Susan E.; Alloway, Tracy P.; Kirkwood, Hannah J.; Elliott, Julian G.; Holmes, Joni; Hilton, Kerry A. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2008
The purpose of this study was to explore the profiles of classroom behaviour relating to attention and executive functions in children with very poor working memory, and to test the hypothesis that inattentive behaviour and working memory problems co-occur. Teachers rated problem behaviours of 52 children with low working memory scores aged 5/6…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Memory, Profiles, Student Behavior
Pickering, Susan J.; Gathercole, Susan E. – Educational Psychology, 2004
The working memory skills of children with four categories of special educational needs (SEN) were investigated: general learning difficulties, language problems, literacy problems, and attentional and behavioural problems. Children with general learning difficulties performed poorly on measures of all three components of the working memory model:…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Educational Needs, Short Term Memory, Special Education
