This volume examines the nature of teaching and learning in a classroom lecture. It describes how students learn, how much knowledge they retain, and how to enhance their attention and motivation.

Never before has there been such a confluence of international attention to the economic importance of women and the need for policies to enable them to fulfil their potential. The position of women - as employees, consumers and leaders - is seen as a measure of health, maturity and economic viability.

Working Memory and Academic Learning provides school psychologists, special education teachers, and other education professionals with information about working memory's role in learning, as well as guidance on the assessment tools, interventions, and current evidence-based best practices that can be used in school settings.