Transcript Staff Training-Memory

We strive as a school to develop a Growth Mindset in
our students, enabling them to be resilient and curious
learners, who work hard to achieve highly.
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Slow cooker
An inflatable globe
An electric hand mixer
A box of Crunchy Nut Cornflakes
A Sewing Machine
Decorated ceramic tile of the Shambles
Bowler Hat
A skeleton
A Kettle
An original Richard Gray Painting
Shane Benton’s mankini
Chinese luck cat
Fizzy drinks machine
A board-game
A Cuddly Toy
Simon Wareham’s Dartboard
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The average person can take in four numbers
or words at a time, can concentrate on revision
for a maximum of 45 minutes at a time and
remembers information best shortly before
bedtime.
How does your memory work?
‘Our lives are the sum of our
memories’
(Joshua Foer)
ATTENTION
Memory improvement
strategies
Mnemonics
• Acronym: A word or sentence
formed from the initial letters
of the to-be-remembered list.
• Acrostic: A poem or sentence
in which the first letter of
each word represents an item
in the to-be-remembered list.
• Rhyme: Groups of words with
an identity and rhythm.
• Chunking: Dividing a string of
info into memorable chunks.
Emotional memory
• Hippocampus
• Role in consolidating meaning and
converting info from STM to LTM.
• Amygdala
• Attached to end of hippocampus.
Important role in emotions.
Method of Loci
• A mental image is formed which visualises
items to be remembered at specific
locations.
• Usually the locations are landmarks along a
familiar walk or journey, or rooms in a
familiar building.
• That familiar place will be your guide to
store and recall any kind of information
Bower (1972)
Organisation
• Involves systematically structuring the info
that is to be learned.
• Info can be organised by use of category
headings, hierarchies or spider diagrams.
• Benefits both learning and recall.
• Creates cues that aid retrieval, so recalling
a bit of info makes the rest accessible.
Bower (1969)
Example of words organised in conceptual
hierarchy
Minerals
Metals
Stones
Rare
Common
Alloys
Precious
Masonry
Platinum
Silver
Gold
Aluminium
Copper
Lead
Iron
Bronze
Steel
Brass
Sapphire
Emerald
Diamond
Ruby
Limestone
Granite
Marble
Slate
Recall was 3.5 greater for organised
condition.
Revision and Memory
Revise smarter, not harder
English Literature: Fortnightly Cycle
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Poetry: note making; concept mapping.
Short Stories: note making; flashcards.
Poetry: quiz; worked examples.
Of Mice and Men: quiz; concept mapping.
Short Stories: exam question.
Poetry: note making; exam question.
What are your top three most successful
revision strategies?
What do we need to do collectively or
individually to develop a coherent and effective
revision structure for our new curriculum?
Students (like adults) tend to be more
confident in their knowledge than warranted,
we would therefore expect that they will, on
average, not study enough. People tend to
think their learning is more complete than it
really is.