1. Laura Carter
EDCI500-02
Spring Semester 2011
Memory

2. Tic tac
hocus
3 blind
Humpty
Marco
Fee fi
walt
3. How do you explain how you know how to complete those thoughts?
Your memory
A powerful tool you use every day!
4. Everyday tasks require it
What would we do without it?
What do we do with it?
Everything!
5. Memory is crucial to learning
Therefore, teachers should understand how it works and how to develop it in students.
6. So, what is memory?
Memory is ones ability to
store, retain andrecall information
7. There are Two types of memory
Long-term memory
Short-term memory
8. Image 1
9. Memory and the Brain
United Streaming 1
10. The role of memory in the classroom
United Streaming 2
11. Memory and the classroom
10 Strategies to Enhance Students Memory
Give directions in Multiple Formats
Over-Learn the Material
Use Visual Memory Cues
Teacher Prepared handouts prior to Lectures (focus attention)
Create Active Readers
Write down Step-by-Step Process
Retrieval Practice
Develop Cues for Storing Information
Prime the Memory Prior to Teaching
Review Material before going to Sleep
Center for Development and Learning
12. Resources

Slide 2 Idea from Google Chrome

Image #1Copyright 1999-2007 Dynamic Flight, Inc.
United Streaming #1
Cochran.(1993).Memory and the Brain [Video Segment]. Available from http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
United Streaming #2
Audio Education.(2011).Audio Journal: Dr. John Medina: Part Three: Memory and the Senses [Audio]. Available from http://www.discoveryeducation.com/

Thomas, A.Center for Development and Learning,Retrieved from http://www.cdl.org/resource-library/articles/memory_strategies_May06.php