Helping students remember [electronic resource] : exercises and strategies to strengthen memory / Milton J. Dehn

Author: Dehn, Milton J.
Published: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Inc, [2011]
Physical Description: xii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

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Contents

Lower Level Workbook -- Introduction for Students -- Thoughts and Feelings About Memory -- How Memory Works -- Memory Strenghths and Weaknesses -- Memory Beliefs -- Memorization Methods -- Memory Strategies Survey -- Goals for Improving Memory -- A Memory Experiment -- Review and Reflections -- Repetition -- Repeating Written Information -- Using Repetition to Study Spelling -- Chunking -- Review of Repetition and Chunking -- Using Chunking to Memorize Spelling -- Putting Words Into Sentences and Stories -- Comparing Memory Methods -- Using Arithmetic to Build Memory -- Using Cards to Build Memory -- Remembering Locations to Build Memory -- Picturing Verbal Information -- Naming and Describing What You See -- Grouping Words by Category -- Imagining Yourself in the Scene -- Using Locations to Remember Information -- Pegword -- Review and Reflections -- Using Study Cards -- Thinking About the Information -- Remembering What You Read -- Creating and Using Review Sheets -- Testing Yourself -- Study Skills That Help Memory -- Using Music to Remember -- Review and Reflections -- Remembering to Do Things -- Memory Aids -- Creating and Using a Memory Book -- Plans for Using Memory Strategies. and Upper Level Workbook -- Introduction for Students -- Thoughts and Feelings About Memory -- How Memory Works -- Memory Strenghths and Weaknesses -- Memory Beliefs -- Memorization Methods -- Memory Strategies Survey -- Goals for Improving Memory -- A Memory Experiment -- Review and Reflections -- Repetition -- Repeating Written Information -- Using Repetition to Study Spelling -- Chunking -- Review of Repetition and Chunking -- Using Chunking to Memorize Spelling -- Putting Words Into Sentences and Stories -- Comparing Memory Methods -- Using Arithmetic to Build Memory -- Using Cards to Build Memory -- Remembering Locations to Build Memory -- Picturing Verbal Information -- Naming and Describing What You See -- Grouping Words by Category -- Imagining Yourself in the Scene -- Using Locations to Remember Information -- Pegword -- Review and Reflections -- Using Study Cards -- Thinking About the Information -- Remembering What You Read -- Creating and Using Review Sheets -- Testing Yourself -- Study Skills That Help Memory -- Using Music to Remember -- Review and Reflections -- Remembering to Do Things -- Memory Aids -- Creating and Using a Memory Book -- Keyword -- Taking Class Notes -- Studying From Class Notes -- Scheduling Reviews -- Teaching the Information -- Using Context Cues -- Improving Recall During Tests -- Selecting, Modifying, and Combining Strategies -- Test on Memory and Strategies -- Plans for Using Memory Strategies -- Evaluation of Training.

Summary

This workbook provides dozens of practical, effective, evidence-based memory interventions for children and adolescents struggling with academic learning due to a weakness in one or more aspects of memory or ineffective utilization of memory capabilities.

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ISBN

9780470919972 (pbk.)
0470919973 (pbk.)
9781118117897
1118117891
9781118117910 (ebook)
9781118117903 (ebook)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (page 272).

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