Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0988288

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0988288

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Memory Consolidation and Educational Achievement in Children. The National Report on Schooling in Australia 2006 reports that between 7-12% of children in Years 3 and 5 failed to meet literacy and numeracy benchmarks. Evidence suggests that poor working memory skills may be a key feature in children's failure to achieve in school. By investigating the cognitive factors that underlie variation in working memory ability, the proposed research has the potential to improve educational outcomes in Australian children. If memory consolidation is found to be important, this would guide the development of effective teaching strategies and early intervention programs for 'at-risk' children in line with the National Literacy and Numeracy Plan.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 31-12-2012

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $150,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Psychology | Learning, Memory, Cognition And Language | Developmental Psychology And Ageing

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Primary education |

Other Keywords

Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Developmental Psychology And Ageing | Learning, Memory, Cognition And Language | Primary education | Psychology

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