The information processing model of learning is divided into three stages: receiving information, connecting the information to prior knowledge, and using the information. Receiving information involves the short term memory. It means when students are paying attention the information they are learning will go into their short term memory and will stay there for them to work on, but will only remain there for a limited time. However this information can be transferred into the long term memory.
A strategy for moving information from short term to long term memory is connecting the information to prior knowledge. Teacher can help students transfer information into long term memory by: organizing information into easily recognizable categories, repeating the information, or grouping the information.
It is believed that once information is placed into the long term memory that is will always be there. Just because the information is there though doesn’t mean that it will be easily retrieved. To easily use information from the long term memory it is important to organize the information so that your students are able to easily get to that information and remember it. It is a good idea to teach students things that interest them, this way they can easily retrieve that information when later asked about it.
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