Dr Katie Allen's Outputs (9)

The Structure of Working Memory and Its Relationship with Intelligence in Japanese Children (2023)
Journal Article
Ikeda, Y., Kita, Y., Oi, Y., Okuzumi, H., Lanfranchi, S., Pulina, F., …Giofrè, D. (2023). The Structure of Working Memory and Its Relationship with Intelligence in Japanese Children. Journal of Intelligence, 11(8), Article 167. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11080167

There is a host of research on the structure of working memory (WM) and its relationship with intelligence in adults, but only a few studies have involved children. In this paper, several different WM models were tested on 170 Japanese school childre... Read More about The Structure of Working Memory and Its Relationship with Intelligence in Japanese Children.

The Impasse on Gender Differences in Intelligence: a Meta-Analysis on WISC Batteries (2022)
Journal Article
Giofrè, D., Allen, K., Toffalini, E., & Caviola, S. (2022). The Impasse on Gender Differences in Intelligence: a Meta-Analysis on WISC Batteries. Educational Psychology Review, 34(4), 2543-2568. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-022-09705-1

This meta-analysis reviews 79 studies (N = 46,605) that examined the existence of gender difference on intelligence in school-aged children. To do so, we limited the literature search to works that assessed the construct of intelligence through the W... Read More about The Impasse on Gender Differences in Intelligence: a Meta-Analysis on WISC Batteries.

Decoding gender differences: Intellectual profiles of children with specific learning disabilities (2021)
Journal Article
Giofrè, D., Allen, K., Toffalini, E., Mammarella, I., & Caviola, S. (2022). Decoding gender differences: Intellectual profiles of children with specific learning disabilities. Intelligence, 90, Article 101615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2021.101615

There has been a significant amount of debate around gender differences in intellectual functioning, however, most of this research concerns typically developing populations and lacks research into atypically developing populations and those with spe... Read More about Decoding gender differences: Intellectual profiles of children with specific learning disabilities.

A distinction between working memory components as unique predictors of mathematical components in 7–8 year old children (2021)
Journal Article
Allen, K., & Giofrè, D. (2021). A distinction between working memory components as unique predictors of mathematical components in 7–8 year old children. Educational Psychology, 41(6), 678-694. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2020.1857702

Despite evidence for the involvement of working memory in mathematics attainment, the understanding of its components relationship to individual areas of mathematics is somewhat restricted. This study aims to better understand this relationship. Two-... Read More about A distinction between working memory components as unique predictors of mathematical components in 7–8 year old children.

Using working memory performance to predict mathematics performance 2 years on (2020)
Journal Article
Allen, K., Giofrè, D., Higgins, S., & Adams, J. (2020). Using working memory performance to predict mathematics performance 2 years on. Psychological Research, 85(5), 1986-1996. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-020-01382-5

A number of previous studies have used working memory components to predict mathematical performance in a variety of ways; however, there is no consideration of the contributions of the subcomponents of visuospatial working memory to this prediction.... Read More about Using working memory performance to predict mathematics performance 2 years on.

Working memory predictors of mathematics across the middle primary school years (2020)
Journal Article
Allen, K., Giofrè, D., Higgins, S., & Adams, J. (2020). Working memory predictors of mathematics across the middle primary school years. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 90(3), 848-869. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12339

Background: Work surrounding the relationship between visuospatial working memory (WM) and mathematics performance is gaining significant traction as a result of a focus on improving academic attainment. Aims: This study examined the relative contrib... Read More about Working memory predictors of mathematics across the middle primary school years.

Working Memory Predictors of Written Mathematics in 7-8 Year Old Children (2019)
Journal Article
Allen, K., Giofrè, D., Higgins, S., & Adams, J. (2020). Working Memory Predictors of Written Mathematics in 7-8 Year Old Children. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 73(2), 239-248. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747021819871243

There is extensive evidence for the involvement of working memory in mathematical attainment. This study aims to identify the relative contributions of verbal, spatial-simultaneous, and spatial-sequential working memory measures in written mathematic... Read More about Working Memory Predictors of Written Mathematics in 7-8 Year Old Children.

The Relationship between Visuospatial Working Memory and Mathematical Performance in School-Aged Children: a Systematic Review (2019)
Journal Article
Allen, K., Higgins, S., & Adams, J. (2019). The Relationship between Visuospatial Working Memory and Mathematical Performance in School-Aged Children: a Systematic Review. Educational Psychology Review, 31(3), 509-531. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-019-09470-8

The body of research surrounding the relationship between visuospatial working memory (VSWM) and mathematics performance remains in its infancy. However, it is an area generating increasing interest as the performance of school leavers comes under co... Read More about The Relationship between Visuospatial Working Memory and Mathematical Performance in School-Aged Children: a Systematic Review.

Subcomponents of visuospatial working memory: Investigating the importance of order in sequential recall and its relationship with mathematics performance
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Allen, K. (2019, December). Subcomponents of visuospatial working memory: Investigating the importance of order in sequential recall and its relationship with mathematics performance. Presented at Imagining Better Education, Durham, England

Visuospatial working memory (VSWM) is responsible for storing and manipulating visual and spatial information. Its predictive relationship with mathematics performance in children is well known, especially in younger children. Research has so far not... Read More about Subcomponents of visuospatial working memory: Investigating the importance of order in sequential recall and its relationship with mathematics performance.