Dr Pakiam Alloway PhD is an award- winning psychologist, professor, author and TEDx speaker. She specialises in working memory and its role in learning. In this book, she shares her knowledge about working memory from a child’s viewpoint and in a way children could understand. The book has been devised for adults to read with a child and it tells the story of ‘Tommy’ who has working memory problems. It details what it is like for him in the classroom and on the playground.
Working memory is described as ‘the brain’s Post-it Note’, storing information. The author explains the difference between short-term, long-term and working memory and why some people have more difficulty with their working memory than others.
This book explains complex concepts in a very child-friendly way and the tips to improve working memory are interesting and include specific foods, essential oils and running barefoot.
The book also includes a section providing information for parents, additional resources and further recommended reading, websites and organisations.
An excellent book that will support children and students in understanding why some aspects of learning are problematic, illustrating the classroom situations in which working memory failures frequently arise and the profile of difficulties typically faced by students with working memory issues.
Author : Dr T Packiam (Illustrator: D O’Connell)
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN : 978-1-78592-633-4
Price : £10.99
Author: Mary Mountstephen
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