Memory Strategies

Research has repeatedly shown that most memory processes are active.  We don't remember information effectively unless we create "links" between the new information we want to remember, and what we already know, and then repeatedly retrieve the information over time.  Retrieval strengthens the memory trace far more than repeated input does.  This class will focus on the use of memory strategies for academic material: what we currently understand about memory, how to strengthen working memory - a key skill in reading and math - how to select key concepts to memorize, and techniques to improve the number and ways of "linking" information in order to have a more effective memory.