Memory Stages
The first stage of memory that briefly takes information through the senses.
What is Sensory Memory?
This is a strategy that involves repeating information several times to help move it into long-term memory.
What is Rehearsal?
A teacher teaches five vocabulary words each day instead of twenty all at once. Which Information-Processing strategy is the teacher using?
What is Chunking(organizing)?
You study for a test by making flashcards and practicing them every night. Which Information-Processing strategy are you using?
Name one teaching strategy that helps students remember information longer.
Chunking
Rehearsal
Retrieval practice
Visuals
Graphic Organizers
Reviewing prior learning
This is a type of memory that temporarily holds and processes information while you're thinking.
What is Working Memory?
What is Chunking(Organizing)
A teacher begins every class by reviewing material from yesterday before teaching something new. Which memory strategy is being used?
What is Retrieval Practice (Rehearsal)?
You connect a new psychology concept to something you learned in a previous class. Why does this help learning?
It connects new information to prior knowledge, helping encode and store it in long-term memory.
Why should teachers avoid giving students too much information at one time?
Working memory has a limited capacity, and too much information can cause cognitive overload, making learning less effective.