Memory
This type of memory allows you to temporarily hold information, like remembering a phone number just long enough to dial it.
What is working memory?
A statement that indicates the learning of the lesson or sequence of lessons?
What is a learning intention?
This type of cognitive load is determined by the complexity of the material and the learner's prior knowledge.
What is intrinsic load?
Something that we start the lesson with to help students remember and recall information
What is daily review?
The name of the graph that indicates that we will not recall new information if we don't review it within 7 days.
What is the Forgetting Curve? OR What is the Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve?
This memory system stores information for extended periods, sometimes for an entire lifetime.
What is long-term memory?
A series of statements that let a student know how to do well in their learning
What is a success criteria?
This type of load results from the way information is presented and can be reduced by improving instructional design.
What is extrinsic load?
Something we use so that students know what the end product should look like.
What is a model? OR What is an exemplar?
A strategy for combating the forgetting curve
What is review? OR What is daily, weekly or monthly review?
This type of memory lets you recall personal experiences, like your last birthday party.
What is episodic memory?
Questions that a teacher may ask to make sure students are on the right track
What is 'check for understanding'?
This cognitive load is associated with the process of attaching new information to previous information. This helps move new content from working memory to long term memory.
What is germane load?
Something that helps students find the links between content that they are studying
What is connecting learning?
Michael McDowell is a proponent of this continuum of thinking
What is surface, transfer, deep?
This memory type stores general world knowledge, like knowing that Paris is the capital of France.
What is semantic memory?
Another term for the, 'I do, We do, You do' model
What is the gradual release of responsibility?
The concept that students will eventually reach saturation point and can no longer learn new information or content.
What is cognitive load? OR What is cognitive load theory?
The process of breaking down lesson activities in a logical order to help students learn.
What is chunking and sequencing?
The man who is credited with creating the forgetting curve?
Who is Ebbinghaus?
You rely on this type of memory when riding a bike or tying your shoes without consciously thinking about it.
What is procedural memory? OR What is a procedure/process?
Teachers provide this to students to ensure that they know what to do to improve.
What is feedback?
A template that helps students organise their ideas.
What is a graphic organiser?
Teachers ask these to promote thinking and to challenge students.
What is effective questioning?
A part of the brain that helps us remember things that we are alert to.
What is the reticular activating system?