When children have trouble following directions and finishing things, it’s easy to assume that they’re not paying attention or, as they are so often told, not trying hard enough. But sometimes they’re struggling with what’s called “working memory” — the ability to keep in mind the information they need in order to do something.
Working memory plays a major role in how we process, use and remember information on a daily basis. Children with ADHD or a learning disorder often have less working memory available to them because it takes a lot of effort to filter out distractions or perform processes, like decoding, that other children do automatically.
Want to know more about working memory? Read this good article on http://childmind.org/article/what-is-working-memory –
當孩子不能跟隨指令及完成工作時，大家很容易會認為他們不夠專心，甚至說他們未盡努力。其實，這些孩子可能是「工作記憶」出了問題，工作記憶是指我們儲存相關資訊以用作完成一項工作的能力。
工作記憶在我們每天處理、運用及儲存資訊的過程中扮演著重要角色。有專注力不足及過度活躍症，或者患學習障礙的孩子，他們可用的工作記憶往往比其他人少，因為在過濾干擾或執行工作時，他們要比別人作更大的努力。其他孩子處理類似解碼等問題時，並不需要特別費勁，因爲過程是自動的。
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