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Pull The Andon Rope On Working Memory Capacity Interventions Until We Know More, Sandra Laing Gillam, Sarai S. Holbrook, Jamie Mecham, Daylene Weller
Pull The Andon Rope On Working Memory Capacity Interventions Until We Know More, Sandra Laing Gillam, Sarai S. Holbrook, Jamie Mecham, Daylene Weller
Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education Faculty Publications
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to discuss the current state of interventions for improving working memory (WM) capacity language, and academic skills and to provide suggestions for speech language pathologists working with students who have WM capacity limitations.
Method: Meta-analyses, systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials and non-randomized comparison studies investigating the role of WM interventions for improving WM capacity language, and academic skills are reviewed. Strategies for improving WM are discussed.
Results: The use of interventions designed to improve WM capacity and other cognitive skills is currently not supported by the research. Direct working memory interventions should be …