Abstract My study is about working memory and working memory abilities for children with concentration difficulties. I have looked at literature and current research. I have also done an interview study on three pedagogues who have experience of the problem area. The conclusion I can draw from my investigation is, when it comes to working memory and what children with concentration difficulties can have problem with, is often shown when instruction is given in several stages and when the child come to the last instruction they sometimes have forgotten what the first instruction was. Special questions, image, image schedules and written instruction can help the child to remember. I also found that the pedagogues not only looked at working memory, but they also examined how the child hear and see, therefore they look at the ability of how the child notice what they hear and see and how they use it in their every day living. Time perception also have whit memory to-do, if the child can’t remember what they did for example yesterday at home or which character they have learned. When it comes to specific areas in school where the child with bad working memory can have problems with, is it often shown in school subjects as mathematic (instruction in several stages) and in Swedish subjects (character learning, and in reading). My conclusion among others are, if the child have difficulties with its working memory it is shown mainly in mathematic and in the subject Swedish. Another conclusion I drew is, if you started to train the child already in preschool, you can make it easier for the child to continue its learning. The result also shown that the pedagogues think that it is important to work from without what the particular child hade difficulties with and how the environment effects on the child’s ability.

Tidigare forskning har visat att elever har bristande kunskaper i multiplikationstabellerna. Att automatisera tabellerna ger eleverna goda förutsättningar inför övriga matematikområden. Syftet med studien var att skapa kunskap om lärares uppfattning till automatisering av multiplikationstabellerna samt att få kunskap om hur många av lärarnas elever som hade automatiserat tabellerna. Syftet var även att ta reda på vilka metoder lärare använder för att stötta eleverna i detta. Studien genomfördes med enkät som datainsamlingsinstrument och resultatet från enkäten följdes upp med fokusgruppsintervjuer. Resultatet av studien visade att många lärare upplever automatisering av multiplikationstabellerna som viktigt eftersom det underlättar för eleverna inför övriga matematikområden samt att det avlastar elevernas arbetsminne. Metoderna som flest lärare använde i sin undervisning var digitala undervisningsplattformar samt olika arbetsblad som drillträning av tabellerna. / Previous research had shown that students lacked knowledge in the multiplication tables. Automating the tables gives students good conditions to succeed in other areas of mathematics. The purpose of this study was to create knowledge about teacher’s perceptions of automating the multiplication tables and to examine how many of the pupils had automated the tables. The purpose was also to identify what methods teachers use to support students in multiplication table automation. The study was conducted with a survey and the results were followed up with focus group interviews. The results showed that many teachers value the automation of the multiplication tables because it prepares the students for other mathematics areas and it relieves the student’s working memory. The methods most teachers used in their teaching were digital teaching platforms and various worksheets such as drill training of the tables.