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Alloway, Tracy Packiam; Gathercole, Susan Elizabeth; Kirkwood, Hannah; Elliott, Julian – Learning and Individual Differences, 2009
The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential of the Working Memory Rating Scale (WMRS), an observer-based rating scale that reflects behavioral difficulties of children with poor working memory. The findings indicate good internal reliability and adequate psychometric properties for use as a screening tool by teachers. Higher…
Descriptors: Identification, Rating Scales, Short Term Memory, Psychometrics
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Roughan, Laura; Hadwin, Julie A. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
This study examined the impact of a working memory (WM) training programme on measures of WM, IQ, behavioural inhibition, self-report test and trait anxiety and teacher reported emotional and behavioural difficulties and attentional control before and after WM training and at a 3 month follow-up. The WM training group (N = 7) showed significantly…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Emotional Disturbances, Intelligence Quotient, Inhibition