Deliberate Memorization 1

Deliberate Memorization

Deliberate memorization helps students by chunking information in long-term memory to help compensate for limited working memory

We can “chunk” little pieces of information together to make it easier to remember.
For example, when Courtney was a little girl, her family's answering machine code was 1397, the four corners of the phone touch pad. -Rather than remember the four numbers, she simply remembered to use the corners.

Working memory → the part of the brain where people temporarily store information and work with it.
Scientists know that working memory is limited and brief.
- How limited? Between four and seven items at a time.
- How brief? About thirty seconds.

Gifted students can often hold more in short-term memory and think longer.
Students with attention and memory problems tend to have less holding capacity and less time on task.

How many bits of information can our brains store in long-term memory?
- Humans have not reached the limit of long-term memory.
- Functionally, our long-term memory is unlimited

Memorizing things expands students’ long-term memories and expands their schemas, making better use of their limited short-term memory.
Students on the lower end of working memory scale can't afford to figure a problem out as they go.
- So, for these students, memorizing vast swathes of knowledge is critical for problem solving.

1The Teaching Online Handbook

1.1Common Online Assessments

1.1.1Guided Notes & Weekly Quizzes

1.1.2Deliberate Memorization 1

1.1.3Deliberate Memorization 2

1.1.4Hands-on Activities

1.1.5Journals

1.2Conducting a Synchronous Class

1.2.1Conducting a Synchronous Class

1.2.2Synchronous Class Discussions

1.2.3Challenges and Tips

1.3Scheduling the Work

1.3.1Scheduling the Work

1.3.2Repetitive Assignment Types

1.3.3Challenges and Solutions

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