- Memory: How do we remember what we know?
This article discusses the capabilities and limitations of several components of the memory system. Sensory information storage and short-term memory are beset by severe limitations of capacity, while long-term memory, for all practical purposes, has a virtually infinite capacity. With long-term memory, the problems concern getting information into it and retrieving information once it is there, not physical limits on the amount of information that may be stored. Understanding how memory works provides insight into several analytical strengths and weaknesses.
- The magical number seven, plus or minus two: some limits on our capacity for processing
The classic article on the limitations of working memory by George Miller.
- Meta-cognitive development strategies
This case study examines how meta-cognitive development strategies can help children placed at risk. Palo Verde School first began training students in metacognitive strategies during the 1997-98 school year. After one year of employing the strategy, students who participated in the intensive program who were not identified as Special Education or Gifted, outperformed their peers not in the program by 33 percent in math and 7 percent in reading.
- Brain Research
Southwest Educational Development Laboratories indicate direct relationships of brain research to education such as the brain involves conscious and unconscious processing and perceives almost simultaneously in parts and wholes and that one’s emotions/cognitions cannot be separated.
- Information Processing Approach to Cognition
This site has tables and graphs which explain the memory process and the classroom processing of information, using principles and examples.
- Study Strategies
Learning is shown in a variety of areas: in isolation, within groups, test taking, time management, specific content areas, etc. Select from a virtual smorgasbord of study skill building opportunities.
