Key Question

Question 1

Intro

Answer 1

Dyslexia is a difficulty with reading, speech, manipulating sound, problem w STM and phonological awareness
WMM can be used to help children w dyslexia by adapting teaching for WM deficits and focus on tasks using less STM
Dyslexia makes learning much harder

Question 2

Holme

Answer 2

WM involved in so much processed in reading
Problems holding info in STM
How memory links together and explains lots of difficulties
WMM - if VSS and PL don’t link together properly then memories cannot be linked and stored

Question 3

Sebastian and Hernandez Gil

Answer 3

Digit span increases with age and what it is at ages
E.g if digit span for 6 year old is lower than average it could suggest that there is an issue with working memory

Question 4

Sebastian and Hernandez Gil

Answer 4

Spanish kids remembered lower as more syllables
Dyslexia would effect working memory as they cannot store auditory information as well
So it would be similar to how it was more difficult the more syllables

Question 5

Intervention classroom approach

Answer 5

Dunning said to avoid lengthy explanations so as not to avoid the PL
And to simplify tasks so it doesn’t overwhelm the limited WM capacity

Question 6

Direct intervention

Answer 6

Klinsberg
Programmes in computers to target a range of WM skills
Enhancing WM
Could help children with dyslexia to perform better

Question 7

Conclusion

Answer 7

If we learn how to better deal with students with dyslexia and how to give them methods in order to help them learn better it means that children with dyslexia will not be left to struggle in school with tasks that are more difficult for them

Question 8

Question

Answer 8

How can knowledge of working memory be used to inform the treatment of dyslexia?