Designed to aid teachers, this resource aims to look at how our memories work and, therefore, how to best utilise them. From both a scientific, Neuro-linguistic and practical approach for the classroom, the techniques and details in this handout will help you to teach students the best way to revise for them.

Comprising of; 1 Powerpoint presentation, 1 handout on Memory Techniques and Exercise, 1 answering sheet This was delivered as a year 10 Assembly but would be equally suitable for any Senior school class or study group. The Powerpoint is short and simple and introduces the idea of Memory as an ‘Art’ and I talked about how it could be improved and coached instead of being something that people are naturally good at. It has a slide on some feats of memory such as the World Memory record just as some fun facts and ‘wow’ thoughts. The main exercise is the Memory Test. There are 60 words pulled from a range of GCSE specifications and then tips on how they could remember them. I spent a lot of time on the last slide and pulling in their ideas as to how they could go about remembering 60 words. I gave them the handout and 1 day to remember them all with the promise of prizes. You could give them longer or shorter as suits. The handout has the techniques on it and is useful for general revision and study. I will reissue this nearer to the exams. The answer sheet is for them to write down their words when you do the Memory Test. It was great fun and a surprising number of them took it really seriously. The chocolate based prizes may have been a contributing factor. Enjoy.

An informative and engaging 35 slide assembly for students who are preparing for exams. This assembly introduces students to 9 different revision techniques, will full explanations and examples with each technique. The assembly includes: Spaced repetitions Mnemonics Annotating Work Cue Cards Mind Maps Memory Journey Past Papers Posters and Diagrams Q&A Informative Video Personal Reflection Questions Please also visit my TES Assembly Store where over 100 assemblies are available on a huge range of topics. LIMITED TIME OFFER If you purchase this resource and leave a 5-star review, you receive any £3 assembly from my store FREE!! Leave a review and email Lee_Sullivan@hotmail.co.uk with your review confirmation and choice of assembly.

Produced this lesson to use with my year 11's in preparation for their exams. Looks at different memory games to get them thinking about how their memory works - then explains how short term memory and long term memory work and how things can interfere with their memory. My class really enjoyed this - both the memory games and how it applies to revision. They came away with a better understanding of strategies to use for revision.

Complete lesson on PSHE- Memory Skills

These resources are on Capacity Serial Digit Span Technique Experiment you can use in class (including Chunking experiments). Activity Sheet to go with Serial Digit Span Technique Excel file to input class scores from the serial digital span technique experiments, which will display the results as a graph. Powerpoint includes information on capacity and chunking

Working memory is part of our executive function and if often referred to as our “mental workspace” where information is stored and used for a short time i.e. a few seconds. It’s that place where we store a phone number, an address, an email address, etc. If a student is not able to retain the information needed to solve the problem, then the student is unable to complete the task and, of course, does not feel good about it at all. What is language processing? Several parts of language are very difficult for children with ADHD to make sense of and use successfully on a daily basis. Syntax is the set of rules of oral and written grammar. Semantics are the word meanings that influence oral and written grammar. Finally, pragmatics is the social use of language to convey thoughts and humor. The following thirty-three presentation and training slides are an explanation of many different memory techniques and strategies that can be modeled and used successfully with students with characteristics of ADHD to help improve his/her/their working memory deficits. This training can be used in a focused faculty meeting, an all-day professional development session, and/or a small group professional learning community. As well, this training can be given to parents to allow them to help their children at home more successfully when studying with them or helping with homework!

What is memory? Research on coding Baddeley (1966a, 1966b) with evaluation, Research on capacity Joseph Jacobs (1887) digit-span technique, Miller (1956) with evaluation Research on duration STM Peterson and Peterson (1959), LTM Bahrick et al (1975) with evaluations. Multi-store model (1968, 1971) Atkinson and Shiffrin with evaluation, case study of HM Shallice and Warrington (1970) and case study of KF More than one type of rehearsal Craik and Watkins (1973) Scenarios given throughout and potential exam questions for this topic at the end.

This resource helps students explore the picture book Memorial by Gary Crew and Shaun Tan. The worksheet comprises four pages dealing with comprehension and analysis of the book, including selecting descriptive adjectives for different characters, considering key themes and symbolism in the text, and looking at the way Shaun Tan developed the illustrations in connection with Gary Crew’s text. The last of these four pages is a close study of a double page from the text, with students matching different features of the text with what they represent and finishing some sentence starters which discuss these techniques. The PowerPoint is a relatively brief one of 8 slides looking at key images appropriated by Shaun Tan in the text, including a memorial on which the statue in the text may be based and a famous Australian war photograph which has been incorporated into the photo montage on the black and white double page. Images of the medals used for Old Pa at the beginning of the text are also included, as well as some other related images. These slides can be used in different ways and give a starting point for study the classroom. This resource is suitable for an upper primary or lower secondary age group, with worksheets and resources readily adaptable to the level of students in other age groups as well. Worksheet is included in Word and pdf format to facilitate flexibility.

Students are increasingly finding it difficult in a digital age to retain information. Students rarely know their own mobile numbers as the brain no longer needs to retain this information in a digital era where your memory is in your smartphone. For exams however students cannot rely on their smart phones and need to be using their memories. This is a good session to get students to think about their revision and how they can revise. The session is interactive and there are lots of activities to try. It works best to use your own subject however the information in this one is generic so students can collectively try the techniques. I use it a lot for Geography case studies for key facts and have had good success. Students sometimes want to revise but struggle to know how they can make their revision more accessible.

This mind-map is full of study techniques which have been created in accordance to knowledge of how our memory works. We learn through creation and not consumption, and these techniques are to help you thrive with self-learning.

AS Psychology - lesson 2 on types of memory

Ideal for Key Stage 3 and 4, this is a completely unique way to approach the teaching of Macbeth. Using a memory-peg system, students are able to remember the key details, characters and themes of the play by visualising trigger images pegged on locations around their bedroom. The images are repeatedly ‘visited’, each time adding more details to enable them to review the play without needing notes. Please watch the YouTube video to gain an overview of the process. I have used this technique successfully in both schools in London and my present school in China. This book is also available at a reduced price as part of my Creative Ways to teach Macbeth bundle. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/creative-ways-to-teach-macbeth-12107584

A word search based on terms all about your memory, how it works, tricks and techniques… Great as a starter, plenary or filler or even as a revision resource. May be useful for PSHE, tutor time, study support. All Word formats so editable if you need to customise. Accessible for KS3, KS4, KS5 (Answer sheets here too, just in case!)

I have put ALL the language techniques on there and at the end of the lesson, i have put a memory game on the pptx. Enjoy!

Lesson starts by looking at standard police interview then moves on to the 4 techniques used in the CI interview. Includes evaluation. The four techniques could be delivered by teacher or printed off and ask students to move around the room and make notes.

Guidance for pupils to help them learn material for their Controlled Assessments

A booklet on the topic of cognitive memory for the students to work through and learn.

This document describes 11 different strategies for different learners. It is aimed at student about to take exams and can be used for SAT / GCSE / A Level /IB students. It covers many different ways to revise for exams, allowing students to work out which technique(s) suits their learning style. The method and outcomes of each revision technique is clearly explained in the document, making it easy for teachers and students to try them out. The document is to be designed to be student friendly. Teachers can demonstate how each one works in different subjects with different types of assessments. This booklet explains how to use, and the positive outcomes, of the following revision techniques:  Revise as you go through the course.  Mind Maps  Presentations  Past Papers  Flash cards  Quizzes  Memory games  Note taking  Poster  Check lists  Revision notes around the house.  Mnemonics

This is a worksheet that I use with students throughout KS3 and KS4 at the beginning of working on persuasive techniques, they fill in the sheet during the lesson and then stick it in the front cover of their books to assist them in following lessons.

This lesson utilises the collective memory technique from thinking skills work in gathering info on selling houses.