Helping Students Remember: Exercises and Strategies to Strengthen Memory

Schools need to provide effective instruction and intervention for students who struggle with academic learning: in many instances due to a weakness in one or more aspects of memory or of memory capabilities.

Filled with dozens of practical, effective, evidence-based memory interventions, this workbook includes numerous methods and strategies, such as chunking, organisation, keyword, self-testing, rehearsal, and mnemonics.

This book is the first of its kind for school psychologists and special education teachers who need practical, easy-to-implement, and evidence-based methods for working with children struggling with memory impairments.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

General Directions and Principles

Optional Pre- and Post-Tests

Lesson-by-Lesson Directions

Lower Level Workbook

• Lesson 1 Introduction for Students
• Lesson 2 Thoughts and Feelings About Memory
• Lesson 3 How Memory Works
• Lesson 4 Memory Strengths and Weaknesses
• Lesson 5 Memory Beliefs
• Lesson 6 Memorization Methods
• Lesson 7 Memory Strategies Survey
• Lesson 8 Goals for Improving Memory
• Lesson 9 A Memory Experiment
• Lesson 10 Review and Reflections
• Lesson 11 Repetition
• Lesson 12 Repeating Written Information
• Lesson 13 Using Repetition to Study Spelling
• Lesson 14 Chunking
• Lesson 15 Review of Repetition and Chunking
• Lesson 16 Using Chunking to Memorize Spelling
• Lesson 17 Putting Words Into Sentences and Stories
• Lesson 18 Comparing Memory Methods
• Lesson 19 Using Arithmetic to Build Memory
• Lesson 20 Using Cards to Build Memory
• Lesson 21 Remembering Locations to Build Memory
• Lesson 22 Picturing Verbal Information
• Lesson 23 Naming and Describing What You See
• Lesson 24 Grouping Words by Category
• Lesson 25 Imagining Yourself in the Scene
• Lesson 26 Using Locations to Remember Information
• Lesson 27 Pegword
• Lesson 28 Review and Refl ections
• Lesson 29 Using Study Cards
• Lesson 30 Thinking About the Information
• Lesson 31 Remembering What You Read
• Lesson 32 Creating and Using Review Sheets
• Lesson 33 Testing Yourself
• Lesson 34 Study Skills That Help Memory
• Lesson 35 Using Music to Remember
• Lesson 36 Review and Refl ections
• Lesson 37 Remembering to Do Things
• Lesson 38 Memory Aids
• Lesson 39 Creating and Using a Memory Book
• Lesson 40 Plans for Using Memory Strategies

Upper Level Workbook

• Lesson 1 Introduction for Students
• Lesson 2 Thoughts and Feelings About Memory
• Lesson 3 How Memory Works
• Lesson 4 Memory Strengths and Weaknesses
• Lesson 5 Memory Beliefs
• Lesson 6 Memorization Methods
• Lesson 7 Memory Strategies Survey
• Lesson 8 Goals for Improving Memory
• Lesson 9 A Memory Experiment
• Lesson 10 Review and Refl ections
• Lesson 11 Repetition
• Lesson 12 Repeating Written Information
• Lesson 13 Using Repetition to Study Spelling
• Lesson 14 Chunking
• Lesson 15 Review of Repetition and Chunking
• Lesson 16 Using Chunking to Memorize Spelling
• Lesson 17 Putting Words Into Sentences and Stories
• Lesson 18 Comparing Memory Methods
• Lesson 19 Using Arithmetic to Build Memory
• Lesson 20 Using Cards to Build Memory
• Lesson 21 Remembering Locations to Build Memory
• Lesson 22 Picturing Verbal Information
• Lesson 23 Naming and Describing What You See
• Lesson 24 Grouping Words by Category
• Lesson 25 Imagining Yourself in the Scene
• Lesson 26 Using Locations to Remember Information
• Lesson 27 Pegword
• Lesson 28 Review and Refl ections
• Lesson 29 Using Study Cards
• Lesson 30 Thinking About the Information
• Lesson 31 Remembering What You Read
• Lesson 32 Creating and Using Review Sheets
• Lesson 33 Testing Yourself
• Lesson 34 Study Skills That Help Memory
• Lesson 35 Using Music to Remember
• Lesson 36 Review and Refl ections
• Lesson 37 Remembering to Do Things
• Lesson 38 Memory Aids
• Lesson 39 Creating and Using a Memory Book
• Lesson 40 Keyword
• Lesson 41 Taking Class Notes
• Lesson 42 Studying From Class Notes
• Lesson 43 Scheduling Reviews
• Lesson 44 Teaching the Information
• Lesson 45 Using Context Cues
• Lesson 46 Improving Recall During Tests
• Lesson 47 Selecting, Modifying, and Combining Strategies
• Lesson 48 Test on Memory and Strategies
• Lesson 49 Plans for Using Memory Strategies
• Lesson 50 Evaluation of Training

Appendixes

• Appendix A: Practice Schedule and Materials
• Appendix B: Data Collection Forms
• Appendix C: Spanish and French Vocabulary
• Appendix D: English Vocabulary
• Appendix E: State Capitals
• Appendix F: Literature, Science, and Social Studies Lessons
• Appendix G: Words for Grouping by Category
• Appendix H: Shopping Lists
• Appendix I: Visual-Spatial Grids
• Appendix J: Examples of Shorthand and Abbreviations
• Appendix K: Pre- and Post-Tests
• Appendix L: Review Sheet
• Appendix M: Parent Instructions for Working Memory Exercises
• References
• About the CD-ROM