You are giving a lecture on a topic you know is difficult for your students. Describe at least one specific strategy you can use to maximize the probability that:
a. Your students will store the information in their working memories.
b. The information you present doesn't exceed the limits of students' working memory capacities.
c. Your students will organize the material effectively.
d. Your students will elaborate on the things you talk about.
a. To store information in working memory, students need to pay attention. Any appropriate strategy for capturing and/or maintaining students' attention is acceptable.
b. Students have a limited working memory capacity—they can only think about a few pieces of information at a time. Possible strategies for accommodating this limited capacity are (the response need include only one):
• Pacing the rate at which new ideas are presented
• Building redundancy into a lesson
• Giving students a few minutes of "mental processing time" during a lesson
c. Possible strategies for helping students organize material are these (the response need include only one):
• Giving an advance organizer
• Presenting the material in a logical, organized fashion
• Providing a visual aid that organizes the information
• Having students develop concept maps
• Having students summarize the material
d. Elaboration involves imposing what one already knows on new information (e.g., interpreting it, identifying new examples, generating applications, etc.). Anyappropriate strategy for promoting elaboration (e.g., asking higher-level questions) is acceptable.
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