Episode 44 5 ways to move ideas into long-term memory

In this episode, Dan provides 5 ways to move ideas into long-term memory.5 ways to move ideas into long-term memory is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.Join the Facebook CommunityVideo showhttps://youtu.be/6EmjxpuDslYShow notes3 Systems of MemorySensory - very short 1-3 secondsWorking - 4-8 items at a time 5-20 secondsLong-term - limitless capacityLong TermA major reason for forgetting is failure to L in the first placeThe more knowledge you have the easier it is to learn - remember we are masters and students are not!Long Term memory requires efficient coding & easy accessIt is easier to shift from working to long term if the content has meaning and relates to prior knowledge - The biggest predictor of what you can learnStrategy 1: ChunkingChunk (group related ideas together)Our brain likes ideas to be ordered and structured. Bringing similar or related ideas together as they are presented helps students store it in their long term memoryStrategy 2: Rehearsalrepeat, refresh, reciteGo over the idea/sProvide opportunity to apply and check work, use summaries, go through flashcards etcStrategy 3: ImageryNot just showing an image, though this helpsDo a visualisation, can be as basic as visualising the numbers written on a wallInfographicsVisual walks are used by many memory experts.Strategy 4: MnemonicsThey are any memory device Most often though for making a word that brings together multiple ideaseg) CRIME - chunking, rehearsal, imagery, mnemonics and elaborationStrategy 5: ElaborationThis is when you add meaning that clarifies the relationship between information to-be-learned and related information, i.e., a learner's prior knowledge and experienceWe can use input information as a trigger to recall knowledge, such as the peg system where you use pre memorised words to link with new information. This is also a type of mnemonic and is easy to do by rhyming words with numberseg) The peg system. 1-bun, 2-shoe, 3-tree.  Visible Learning and the Science of How we Learn By John Hattie and Gregory YatesLeave a comment below and tell me how you have increased your students' motivation to learn