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💡 Skills & Mindset #04: Memory (Crash Course)

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14 questions

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Questions 1 & 2

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Text, Question 3, Question 4, Question 5

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Question 14

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🧠 Retrieval Practice:
Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?

Question 1

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How is memory important in your everyday life?

Question 2

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How does memory impact your academic success?

Let's recap:

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Question 5

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This is also why taking a few minutes to review your notes at home is an excellent idea! 

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Question 9

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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?

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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?

Question 12

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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?

Question 13

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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?

The rest of this video is interesting but optional.

What is the name of the memory type that contains all of the input our minds constantly receive?

Working memory

Short-term memory

Sensory memory

Which type of memory is mostly lost almost immediately?

Sensory memory

Short-term memory

Working memory

Which type of memory is like the RAM (random access memory) of a computer?

Short-term memory

Sensory memory

Long-term memory

What is the most common mnemonic device we use in math class?

Roy G. Biv

My very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins

PEMDAS

Every good boy does fine

Which of these describes two aspects of memory as being storage strength and retrieval strength?

The forget-to-learn theory

The forgetting curve

Which of these states that memories fade away unless they are accessed?

The forgetting curve

The forget-to-learn theory

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?

Typing content word for word

Relying on screenshots for the majority of your notes

Thinking about the information presented and condensing or summarizing it in your own words