1. How does memory work??

2. Memory ‘is the retention of information over time’ Three stages:
Sensory
memory
Short-term
memory
Long-term
memory

3. Short term memory Limited capacity Duration is limited
Information can be easily lost
Information passed to long-term memory by active processing

4. Long Term Memory Very large capacity – possibly unlimited
Very long duration
Input from short-term memory by active processing

5. Steps to remembering: organise information
order information to be learned
create images
Repeat, revise and practise recalling

6. How many things can you remember?
Memory Games
How many things can you remember?

7. Listen to each list of numbers. Try and rewrite the list.

9. How many things can you remember?
7 (plus or minus 2)
Which numbers did you remember?
Did you find it easier to remember numbers from the beginning and ends of the list?
We tend to remember things
from the beginning or end of
a learning session best

10. 30 words

11. Recall while learning
Unusual
Time
Recall
Related
Repeated

13. Black Green Yellow Blue
Yellow Blue Red Green
Green Red Yellow Black
Blue Black Red Green

14. Black Green Yellow Blue
Yellow Blue Red Green
Green Red Yellow Black
Blue Black Red Green

15. Is the dancer spinning clockwise or anticlockwise?

16. If you saw her spinning anticlockwise you are more left brained than right brained.
If you saw her spinning clockwise you are more right brained than left brained.

17. Bridge the Gap Left Brain Logical Words – language Logic Sequence
Left Brain
Logical
Words – language
Logic
Sequence
Writing
Reading
Maths
Fine detail
Right Brain
Creativity
Visualization
Patterns
Pictures
Music
Rhyme and Rhythem
Art and design
Big Picture
Bridge the Gap ~ 12

18. How can I improve my memory?
Chunking / grouping
Key words
Acrostics
Acronyms
Rhymes
Imagery e.g. place method

19. Rhythms of Memory… What do you learn in a 40 min class???
Within 1 – 2 days we forget about 80% of what we have learned

20. Rhythms of memory…
If you want to keep information you have learned in your long term memory you need to revise it after:
1 hour
1 day
1 week
1 month
6 months

21. How we learn…

22. How we learn… Use your senses Use your visual memory
Draw pictures, patterns, use colours!