1. How Memory Works Flow Chart Notes

2. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.4 | 2 Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve graph below shows how easily we humans forget new information we encounter only once. For example, consider new information we might hear in a class on Monday. If we don’t reinforce or "touch" this new information often after we first hear it, notice what happens: After 24 hours without reinforcement, we will forget about 40% of it. After two days without practice, we will forget 60%.

3. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.4 | 3 4 factors that influence reception into short-term memory Interest Intent to Remember Understanding Basic Background External Stimuli

4. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.4 | 4 Reception into SHORT-TERM MEMORY Meaningful Organization grouping association mnemonics words-sentences-rhymes-stories Ways to process and strengthen connections for long-term memory

5. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.4 | 5 Meaningful organization Sensory Modes visualizationrecitation physical involvement Ways to process and strengthen connections for long-term memory

6. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.4 | 6 Sensory modes Rehearsal repetitionreflection review spaced practice Ways to process and strengthen connections for long-term memory

7. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.4 | 7 SHORT-TERM MEMORY Meaningful Organization Sensory Modes Rehearsal Storage into LONG-TERM MEMORY We used various ways to process and strengthen connections -- moving information into long-term memory Ways to process and strengthen connections for long-term memory

8. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.4 | 8 ltm Reverse the Input Periodic Review Self Testing Retrieval Once in long-term memory. We need to get information back out !! Ways to retrieve, activate, and strengthen connections.

9. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.4 | 9 Response ACTIVE MEMORY Back into Long Term Memory LONG TERM MEMORY Again, activating and strengthening connections