1. Memory and Concentration

2. Take a good look at these words
dough laptop
cheese gas grille
pepperoni ATM card
sauce newspaper
mushrooms cell phone

3. Define “attention”

4. Define “concentration”

5. Attention
The selective process that controls awareness

6. Concentration Be here now
The continual re-focusing on a perceived message or stimulus
Be here now

7. Two factors influence attention & concentration
Internal factors
Identify internal factors that influence your ability to concentrate:

8. Two factors influence attention & concentration
External factors
Identify external factors that influence your ability to concentrate:

9. Developing good attention & concentration requires that you control these factors

10. How can you control these factors?
Internal factors
External factors

11. 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

12. Visual Strategies that help you remember
Think Link or Mind Map

13. Visual Strategies that help you remember
Time Lines

14. Visual Strategies that help you remember
Tables

15. Visual Strategies that help you remember
Hierarchy Charts

16. Can you recall the two lists of words?
Which list was easier to remember and why?

17. Recite, rehearse, and write

18. Mnemonic Devices

19. Visual Images & Associations

20. Acronyms