FACS 56 life management

improving your thinking skills

memory basics

each day most of us face a situation in which we have forgotten something important…

examples?

memory basics

think of everything we DO remember…the key to this success is how we use our brains to remember this information

brain is pattern seeking—constantly trying to determine what is meaningful in what it experiences

memory basics

each new experience is quickly evaluated to see if it fits into the existing network…like a puzzle

memory basics

brain can store information on 3 levels:•sensory memory

•first step—brain must sense/ experience•if meaningful, gets sent to short-term

•short-term memory •temporary storehouse•must tie it to something you know—with repetition it moves to long-term

•long-term memory•capacity seems limitless•much of what we forget is actually stored here•we have just “lost the key” to access it

learning modalities

before we can store information we must be aware of it/perceive it—through sight, sound, touch, taste, smell

What do we use most in classroom

setting?

one sense is generally dominant in an

individual

learning modalities

input comes in four modes:•visual•auditory•kinesthetic•mixed

your dominant modality is most efficient way to receive information

your challenge is to adapt the input to fit your strengths

multiple intelligences

Howard Gardner, Frames of Mind, 1983

extraction & internalization

when we begin to review information for meaning, we are in the extraction stage

this needs to occur before info can be stored in the memory

the brain uses the linguistic, logical & spatial capacities for extractions

extraction & internalization

which are you?

extraction & internalization

once extraction has occurred, we can internalize the information and store it in long-term memory

participation activity:sound log (due March 1st)

(refer to pgs. 63-64 in text for specifics)

keep a sound log of each sound you hear—begin the log when you wake up in the morning and end it when you arrive at work or school (about one hour)

answer the questions in the text at the end of the given time period