Key Terms
The process of learning and getting information in.
What is encoding? Encoding is the process of learning and getting information in.
Hearing a list of words is this type of strategy.
What is listening? Listening to words helps encode them into memory.
“Dog,” “cat,” and “bird” belong to this group.
What are animals?
“Chair,” “table,” and “sofa” belong to this group.
What is furniture?
A place where you might use memory strategies to remember items to buy.
What is the grocery store? The grocery store is where you might use memory strategies to remember a list of items.
The process of accessing memories and getting information out.
What is retrieval? Retrieval is the process of accessing memories and getting information out.
Hearing and reading words together is this strategy.
What is listening and reading? Combining hearing and reading words helps strengthen memory.
“Carrot,” “broccoli,” and “onion” belong to this group.
What are vegetables?
“Pen,” “stapler,” and “ruler” belong to this group.
What are office supplies?
Remembering information in a story helps because it provides this.
What is context? Context means information is easier to remember when it is part of a story or a meaningful situation.
Encoding and retrieval are both part of this.
What is memory? Memory is the system that stores information through encoding and allows it to be accessed through retrieval.
Placing words into groups, like animals or foods.
What is categorization? Categorization is grouping words into meaningful categories to remember them better.
“Mop,” “sponge,” and “vacuum” belong to this group.
What are cleaning items?
“Rake,” “shovel,” and “lawnmower” belong to this group.
What are gardening tools?
Students might need to remember lists of terms or items in this setting.
What is school? School is a place where remembering connected information helps learning.
Successfully recalling stored information.
What is retrieval? Retrieval is successfully recalling information that has been stored.
Creating a mental picture to help remember categories.
What is imagery? Imagery is using mental pictures to make information easier to remember.
“Milk,” “eggs,” and “bread” belong to this group.
What are breakfast foods?
“Grass,” “tree,” and “flower” belong to this group.
What is garden/nature?
Grouping items while shopping is an example of this.
What is categorization? Categorization means grouping similar items to remember them more easily.
The first step in forming a memory.
What is encoding? Encoding is the first step where we take in new information to store it in memory.
We discussed the difference between these two processes.
What are encoding and retrieval? Encoding is storing information, and retrieval is recalling it later.
We practiced remembering this type of information.
What are word lists? Word lists are examples of information used to practice memory strategies.
Strategies were used to improve this skill.
What is memory? Memory is the ability to store and recall information.
Thinking of a mental picture of your grocery list is this strategy.
What is imagery? Imagery is creating a mental picture to help remember information