Based on what you have learned in this chapter, how would you redesign the course material to make it easier to remember? Give at least two examples of ways to improve the memory-making process, and explain how each applies to the material in this class.
What will be an ideal response?
Student examples will vary. A sample answer follows.
First, I would chunk information into smaller packets rather than in chapters. Miller's 1956 study says that the human brain can hold between five and nine items in short-term memory at one time, so I would present only five to nine "chunks" per information "packet."
Second, I would place practice exercises after every chunk to help students move the information they learn from short-term memory into long-term memory as they go along. That way, they would be less likely to need to relearn everything for their tests.
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