1. CREATING MEMORIES…. GIVER STYLE! Constructing Mental Schemas A THEORETICAL MODEL

2. INFORMATION PROCESSING THEORY PLANNING FOR INSTRUCTION

3. A Potential Learning Event…. The brain checks the sensory data in the environment against prior knowledge or experience to determine its degree of importance. (Subconscious processing) Time for survival…. Milliseconds (That’s 1/1,000 of a second!)

4. Immediate Memory…. This is a place where we put information briefly until we make a decision on how to dispose of it, or to use it! (Subconscious processing) Time for survival… About 30 seconds!

5. DATA THAT AFFECTS IMMEDIATE MEMORY… Data affecting survival…. Data generating emotions…. Data for new learning…. How a person “feels” about a learning situation determines the amount of attention devoted to it.

6. Working Memory…. A place of limited capacity where we build schema, take apart or rework ideas for eventual storage somewhere else. Generally captures our focus and demands our attention. Can handle only a few items at once. Adolescents can process items intently up to 10-20 minutes before becoming fatigued. Adults, up to 45.

7. CRITERIA FOR STORAGE IN LONG TERM MEMORY FOR FUTURE RECALL…. Survival Value… Emotional Experiences… Does this make sense? Does this have meaning?

8. Is Meaning Present? Is Sense Present? Probability of Storing Information in Long Term Memory NO YES VERY LOW MODERATE TO HIGH VERY HIGH

9. LONG TERM STORAGE: WHERE IN THE BRAIN OUR MEMORIES ARE STORED…. TOTAL STORAGE RELATES TO OUR VIEW OF THE WORLD AROUND US…. COGNITIVE BELIEF SYSTEM …love …belonging …freedom …power …fun

10. REVIEW THE PROCESS OF MEMORY STORAGE….