Working Memory Rating Scale (WMRS)

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Working Memory Rating Scale (WMRS)


Checklist to identify children with poor working memory skills




  • Author/s: Tracy Packiam Alloway, Susan Gathercole and Hannah Kirkwood, 2008


  • Age Range: 5 to 11 years


  • Administration: Individual – untimed

The Working Memory Rating Scale (WMRS) is a behavioural rating scale developed for teachers to facilitate easy identification of children with working memory deficits.


Currently, teachers rarely identify memory as a source of difficulty in children with working memory problems, despite their poor classroom functioning. Instead, children with memory problems are typically described as inattentive. The WMRS will increase the chances of the detection and subsequent effective support in school for children with deficits of working memory.


The WMRS was developed on the basis of interviews with teachers and consists of 22 items. It provides a quick and efficient way for early identification of working memory problems that will impair learning. It has also been co-normed with the Automated Working Memory Assessment (AWMA) to provide a reliable tool for routine screening of memory difficulties.


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.


Complete kit: includes manual and 25 record forms