1. Memory

2. Working/short term memory
Memory Stages
Retrieval
Sensory
Memory
Long term memory
Working/short term memory
Input
Output
Rehearsal
Retrieval

3. Definition
Memory is the ability to store information building on prior experiences and past perceptions in order to learn. Memory is a key component of the development of thought.

4. Sensory memory
When information comes into our memory system it needs to be changed in order to be stored:
There are 3 main types of input
Visual (Pictures)
Acoustic (Sound)
Semantic (Meaning)
Application – VAK

5. Short term/ working memory
Most adults can only remember up to 7 pieces of information at any one time (+ or – 2).
Information has limited retention usually 0-30 seconds.
Application – Chunking information together
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6. Rehearsal Ways in which we can rehearse information are:
Simple rote and repetition (shallow)
Exploring meaning and linking to association (deep)
Application – activity to plenary

7. Activity
1 Itchy
2 Knee
3 Sun
4 She
5 Go

8. Activity 1 Itchy Scratch your 2 Knee Knee 3 Sun Point to the sky
4 She Point to a girl
5 Go Be Superman

9. Storage/ long term memory
There is no limit to our long term memory storage.
The ability to recall is enhanced through association. Eg. Cat, whiskers, collar.
This could be through any of the senses – smell, sight, sounds, taste, touch.
Children require frequent revisiting. After 30 minutes this can be
Application - Plenaries

10. Output/ recall The ability to retrieve information
There are 2 types of output
Recall – ability to recall information without a stimulus eg counting 1-10
Relearning – The ability to remember something once it has been revisited. Spiral curriculum, Bruner and VAK

11. Developing a good memory
A – association
E – Emotional involvement
I – Imagination and active involvement
O – Order/ sequential aspects
U – Unusual
Repetition, Music songs, poetry and nursery rhymes, sensory links