Memory and Concentration
Take a good look at these words dough laptop cheese gas grille pepperoni ATM card sauce newspaper mushrooms cell phone
Define “attention”
Define “concentration”
Attention The selective process that controls awareness
Concentration Be here now The continual re-focusing on a perceived message or stimulus Be here now
Two factors influence attention & concentration Internal factors Identify internal factors that influence your ability to concentrate:
Two factors influence attention & concentration External factors Identify external factors that influence your ability to concentrate:
Developing good attention & concentration requires that you control these factors
How can you control these factors? Internal factors External factors
How Memory Works Remembering- active process of recalling Memory-capacity to store, retain & retrieve information 3 types of remembering: 1. sensory 2. short term memory 3. long term memory
Visual Strategies that help you remember Think Link or Mind Map
Visual Strategies that help you remember Time Lines
Visual Strategies that help you remember Tables
Visual Strategies that help you remember Hierarchy Charts
Can you recall the two lists of words? Which list was easier to remember and why?
Recite, rehearse, and write
Mnemonic Devices
Visual Images & Associations
Acronyms