Two important strategies for improving memory are creating mental images and elaborating on information. Describe elaboration with a suitable example.
What will be an ideal response?
Students' answers may vary.
Elaboration is an important strategy that involves engaging in more extensive processing of information. When individuals engage in elaboration, their memory benefits. Thinking of examples and referencing one's self are good ways to elaborate information. Thinking about personal associations with information makes the information more meaningful and helps children to remember it. For example, if the word "win" is on a list of words a child is asked to remember, the child might think of the last time he or she won a bicycle race with a friend.
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