Learning to be a Better Student

1. Memories can be encoded visually(picture), acoustically (sound) or semantically

(meaning).

• Retrieval

• Storage

• Encoding

• Neuroplasticity

Is central to learning. It is essential to remember that learning is a function of memory encoding and consolidation, which in turn are processes that change the brain physically.

• Retrieval

• Storage

• Encoding

• Neuroplasticity

Data becomes a memory if we can retrieve it. Our STM & LTM retrieval is very different - STM are stored and Retrieved sequentially, while LTM is retrieved by Asociation.

• Retrieval

• Storage

• Encoding

• Neuroplasticity

There is a difference in the way we store STM and LTM. We do know that if we 'chunk' information together, we can store a lot more in our STM.

• Retrieval

• Storage

• Encoding

• Neuroplasticity

All of these are regions of the brain EXCEPT

• Cerebellum

• Cornea

• Diencephalon

• Cerebral hemispheres (Cerebrum)

The mental process involved in knowing, understanding, and learning.

• Motivation

• Cognition

• Metacognition

• Self-regulation

Often defined as 'learning to learn'

• Motivation

• Cognition

• Metacognition

• Self-regulation

Willingness to engage our metacognitive and cognitive skills

• Motivation

• Cognition

• Metacognition

• Self-regulation

Explicit instruction in cognitive and metacognitive strategies can improve pupils' learning.

• Motivation

• Cognition

• Metacognition

• Self-regulation

Takes information from the environment through human senses (sight, hearing, touch taste and smell) - stored for a very short time from 0.5 seconds to 4 seconds.

• Photographic Memory

• Sensory Memory

• Long-term Memory

• Working Memory