Dr Tracy Alloway has been awarded the prestigious Joseph Lister Award from the British Science Association.The authors have written a guide for practitioners that is both highly practical, and yet based upon sound theoretical principles.This book achieves a successful, yet often elusive, link between theory, research and practice, and deserves to have a high readership.I will have no hesitation in recommending it to a range of readers- Jane Mott, Support for LearningThis book fulfils its aim to explain working memory and the limits it places on childrens classroom learning. For teachers it gives a very clear guide and fills a gap in understanding that can only lead to more child-centred approaches to teaching and learning- Lynn Ambler, Support for LearningA clear and accessible account of current theory and research, which is then applied to childrens learning in the classroom....The range of strategies...are well grounded in theory derived from research and sit within a cohe