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Automated Working Memory Assessment (AWMA)

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Effectively screen for working memory impairments

Author/s:

Tracy Packiam Alloway, 2007

Age Range:

4 to 22 years

Administration:

Individual - Screener: 5-7 minutes; Short form: 10-15 minutes; Long form; 45 minutes

Qualification code:

CL3

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Description:

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The Automated Working Memory Assessment (AWMA) is a PC-based assessment of working memory skills, with a user-friendly interface. This tool provides a practical and convenient way for teachers and psychologists to screen for significant working memory problems from childhood through to young adulthood.

This innovative tool requires minimal training as the administration and scoring is fully automated. The testing sequence is pre-set, test scores are calculated by the computer program and an interpretation of how their working memory scores will affect their learning is provided.

Working memory abilities are closely associated with a wide range of measures of academic ability, including literacy and mathematics. The majority of those with recognised learning difficulties in these areas have working memory impairments. Poor working memory skills in the early years of education are also effective predictors of poor scholastic attainments over the subsequent school years. Screening is the first and very important step in being able to provide the appropriate intervention for children.

The AWMA provides two installations per kit.  For multi users please contact info@psychcorp.co.uk.

Different versions of the AWMA

There are three levels of assessment within the AWMA:

1. AWMA Screener
This is made up of two tests and is suitable for screening individuals with suspected working memory difficulties.

2. AWMA: Short Form (AWMA-S)
This consists of four tests and is recommended to screen individuals who are suspected to have memory difficulties, but the specific area of their difficulties is not known.

3. AWMA: Long Form (AWMA-L)
This consists of all 12 tests and is recommended for confirmation of significant working memory problems for individuals identified as having working memory problems in the classroom.

Related assessment

Now available, the Working Memory Rating Scale (WMRS) is a checklist developed for teachers to facilitate easy identification of children aged from 5 to 11 years with working memory deficits.

Intervention Program

Jungle Memory is a fun and interactive computer program based on cutting-edge scientific research. Your child plays games that train working memory in key learning activities, like reading and maths.

Visit www.junglememory.com for a free trial.

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  • 1 year licence renewal

    9780749141608
    £108.00 (£126.90 inc VAT)
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  • Complete kit: includes manual, scorebook, program (CD software with one year's licence) and free copy of Understanding Working Memory: A Classroom Guide 9780749141950
    £184.00 (£202.78 inc VAT)
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  • Manual 9780749141905
    £43.00 (£43.00 inc VAT)
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  • Scorebook 9780749141967
    £38.00 (£38.00 inc VAT)
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