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# Deliberate Memorization 1

CPD: The Teaching Online Handbook (by Courtney Ostaff), topic 1.1.2

## Deliberate Memorization

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

### Chunking

![Chunking](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2019-04/be2c93a2-2f76-4564-a846-219f17cad922/phone-telephone-.jpg)

- 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

![Working memory](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/courseImages/physics/5.2.3%20Radioactive%20decay/time-430625_640.jpg)

- 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.

### Working memory

![Working memory](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2018-08/46f35257-bbd2-4ca0-8087-372ac5cebf8c/child-homework-thinking-memory.jpg)

- 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.

### Long-term memory

![Long-term memory](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2018-09/89c1e0f1-8dbd-4aa1-99a1-6c1144bd51e2/infinity-8-eight-.jpg)

- 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

### Expanding long-term memory

![Expanding long-term memory](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/courseImages/biology/5.2.2%20-%20The%20brain/thought-2123970_640-min.jpg)

- 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.

## Test yourself on Deliberate Memorization 1

- What is a consequence of chunking?

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## CPD: The Teaching Online Handbook (by Courtney Ostaff) contents

### 1 The Teaching Online Handbook
- 1.1 Common Online Assessments
  - [1.1.1 Guided Notes &  Weekly Quizzes](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-the-teaching-online-handbook-seneca-certified/1-1-1-guided-notes-and-weekly-quizzes.md)
  - [1.1.2 Deliberate Memorization 1](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-the-teaching-online-handbook-seneca-certified/1-1-2-deliberate-memorization-1.md)
  - [1.1.3 Deliberate Memorization 2](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-the-teaching-online-handbook-seneca-certified/1-1-3-deliberate-memorization-2.md)
  - [1.1.4 Hands-on Activities](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-the-teaching-online-handbook-seneca-certified/1-1-4-hands-on-activities.md)
  - [1.1.5 Journals](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-the-teaching-online-handbook-seneca-certified/1-1-5-journals.md)
- 1.2 Conducting a Synchronous Class
  - [1.2.1 Conducting a Synchronous Class](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-the-teaching-online-handbook-seneca-certified/1-2-1-conducting-a-synchronous-class.md)
  - [1.2.2 Synchronous Class Discussions](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-the-teaching-online-handbook-seneca-certified/1-2-2-synchronous-class-discussions.md)
  - [1.2.3 Challenges and Tips](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-the-teaching-online-handbook-seneca-certified/1-2-3-challenges-and-tips.md)
- 1.3 Scheduling the Work
  - [1.3.1 Scheduling the Work](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-the-teaching-online-handbook-seneca-certified/1-3-1-scheduling-the-work.md)
  - [1.3.2 Repetitive Assignment Types](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-the-teaching-online-handbook-seneca-certified/1-3-2-repetitive-assignment-types.md)
  - [1.3.3 Challenges and Solutions](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-the-teaching-online-handbook-seneca-certified/1-3-3-challenges-and-solutions.md)