Apparently, my D in Textiles at GCSE was not due to no revision and my coursework that looked like the brief was 'make a coat that a tramp would think twice about wearing'. It was due to my poor working memory.
Working memory is like your current memory, which allows you to remember the beginning of a paragraph whilst you're getting to the end of it. It's got a finite capacity, which shrinks if irrelevant information is stored. Some psychologists regard it as 'the new IQ' since it's believed to be a better measure of a child's potential.
10% of children suffer from poor working memory, but it's not clear whether this can be increased. You can, however, be trained to use what's there more effectively. There's a move to test working memory in children as young as four, to identify them early as needing extra help in school.
[via Science Daily]
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