💡 Skills & Mindset #04: Memory (Crash Course)
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14 questions
Watch the video carefully and respond to the questions, prompts, and other items.
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How is memory important in your everyday life?
How is memory important in your everyday life?
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How does memory impact your academic success?
How does memory impact your academic success?
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What is the name of the memory type that contains all of the input our minds constantly receive?
What is the name of the memory type that contains all of the input our minds constantly receive?
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Which type of memory is mostly lost almost immediately?
Which type of memory is mostly lost almost immediately?
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Which type of memory is like the RAM (random access memory) of a computer?
Which type of memory is like the RAM (random access memory) of a computer?
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What is the most common mnemonic device we use in math class?
What is the most common mnemonic device we use in math class?
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Which of these describes two aspects of memory as being storage strength and retrieval strength?
Which of these describes two aspects of memory as being storage strength and retrieval strength?
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Which of these states that memories fade away unless they are accessed?
Which of these states that memories fade away unless they are accessed?
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Sensory memory is all the input your mind receives continuously. Most of it is lost almost immediately.
During a lecture, how can you help ensure that the important bits of sensory memory are not lost forever?
Sensory memory is all the input your mind receives continuously. Most of it is lost almost immediately.
During a lecture, how can you help ensure that the important bits of sensory memory are not lost forever?
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Your brain latches onto information that it finds important better than information that it finds boring or mundane.
Which note-taking strategy will help your brain to find academic content important enough to remember?
Your brain latches onto information that it finds important better than information that it finds boring or mundane.
Which note-taking strategy will help your brain to find academic content important enough to remember?
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The forgetting curve shows that memories fade away unless they are accessed. (Accessing memories is known as retrieval practice.) This means that the more often you access memories, the better you will be able to recall the information.
How does the Cornell notes method, along with its out-of-class summary activity, help you avoid the forgetting curve?
The forgetting curve shows that memories fade away unless they are accessed. (Accessing memories is known as retrieval practice.) This means that the more often you access memories, the better you will be able to recall the information.
How does the Cornell notes method, along with its out-of-class summary activity, help you avoid the forgetting curve?
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The forget-to-learn theory describes memory storage and retrieval strength. - Storage strength refers to how well memories are stored in long-term memory.
- Retrieval strength refers to how quickly and efficiently you can access information that is already stored in long-term memory.
How do you think the Cornell note-taking method can improve both the storage strength and retrieval strength of your memories?
The forget-to-learn theory describes memory storage and retrieval strength.
- Storage strength refers to how well memories are stored in long-term memory.
- Retrieval strength refers to how quickly and efficiently you can access information that is already stored in long-term memory.
How do you think the Cornell note-taking method can improve both the storage strength and retrieval strength of your memories?
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We have focused on how the Cornell notes system improves learning outcomes, but there are many other review and study techniques to enhance memory and learning.
Using flashcards and mnemonic devices are two popular strategies. - Which of these two is your favorite?
- How often do you use the strategy and for which class(es)?
- Do you ever use this strategy at home?
We have focused on how the Cornell notes system improves learning outcomes, but there are many other review and study techniques to enhance memory and learning.
Using flashcards and mnemonic devices are two popular strategies.
- Which of these two is your favorite?
- How often do you use the strategy and for which class(es)?
- Do you ever use this strategy at home?
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🧠Retrieval Practice:Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?
🧠Retrieval Practice:
Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?