Educational Psychology / Unit 5 EDP 0423 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Working Memory and Learning
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The idea
Differences in working memory predict achievement, and children with math and reading disabilities often have weak working memory.
In practice
Shorter instructions, repetition and steps broken into chunks ease the load.
Where people slip
Training strategies such as chunking, grouping items into meaningful units, can help children with limited working memory.
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