On a daily basis, people perform countless tasks without thinking about the act of doing them. By understanding the mechanisms of memory, including how information is stored in long-term memory, you can create optimal and effective learning experiences. In this issue of TD at Work, Alexandria Clapp and Lauren Devine explain why memory is such an integral part of learning and ways to layer memory strategies into your learning design and delivery. Further, they: · Detail how humans encode, store, and retrieve memories. · Unpack how forgetting supports people’s learning abilities. · Offer tools for learners to help them learn. The Tools & Resources in this issue are a spaced learning scheduling template, interleaving and retrieval template, and a bonus reinforced learning practice exercise.

The way students learn changes when they have access to digital tools. The Digital Classroom demonstrates that using technology to enhance students’ learning is not dependent on a specific learning management system or software – it is about changing the pedagogy with the help of an arsenal of useful tools and methods. This practical book introduces easy to use methods to all teachers in digital classrooms with the intention to make it simple, accessible, and achievable for everyone. It is not only about the tools, and the how and why, but also about changing the pedagogy making the learning more relevant to the students. When you open the classroom to the rest of the world, the teacher becomes more important than ever. Topics in the book include: Technology and deeper learning Social media in the global classroom Building a personal learning network The flipped classroom and cooperative learning The use of iPads in primary and middle school Teaching with videogames Special education Digital citizenship Digital tools can play a key role in making learning happen and what the teachers know about the use of technology is key. The Digital Classroom will be of great interest to teachers and trainee teachers who wish to develop their digital competency by using the book as part of their professional learning.

Top 10 Pick for Learning Ladders’ Best Books for Educators Summer 2021 A groundbreaking guide to improve teaching based on the latest research in neuroscience, from the bestselling author of A Mind for Numbers. Neuroscientists and cognitive scientists have made enormous strides in understanding the brain and how we learn, but little of that insight has filtered down to the way teachers teach. Uncommon Sense Teaching applies this research to the classroom for teachers, parents, and anyone interested in improving education. Topics include: • keeping students motivated and engaged, especially with online learning • helping students remember information long-term, so it isn't immediately forgotten after a test • how to teach inclusively in a diverse classroom where students have a wide range of abilities Drawing on research findings as well as the authors' combined decades of experience in the classroom, Uncommon Sense Teaching equips readers with the tools to enhance their teaching, whether they're seasoned professionals or parents trying to offer extra support for their children's education.

• Learn Faster • Remember More • Be More Productive YOU TOO CAN HAVE UNLIMITED MEMORY Do you need to remember large amounts of information? Do you find it hard to remember important things? Are you losing time by learning and relearning the same information over and over again? In the twenty-first century, learning faster and using your mind more effectively may be the only advantage that you will ever have over your competitors. This ultimate guide to memory improvement will show you how to train your memory, enhance your mental ability and keep your mind agile and alert. YOU’RE ABOUT TO DISCOVER: • The six most powerful memory systems that you can use to immediately improve your retention and recall • How to go from mastering only 7 bits of information in short-term memory to over 50 • How to easily remember what you have studied for tests and exams • How to improve your concentration and focus • How to remember names with ease in any social situation KEVIN HORSLEY is one of only a few people in the world to have received the title ‘International Grandmaster of Memory’. He is a World Memory Championship medalist and a World Record holder for ‘The Everest of Memory Tests’. Kevin is an international professional speaker and has spoken in many different countries. He assists organizations in improving their learning, motivation, creativity, and thinking.

Dr Tracy Alloway has been awarded the prestigious Joseph Lister Award from the British Science Association. ′The authors have written a guide for practitioners that is both highly practical, and yet based upon sound theoretical principles....This book achieves a successful, yet often elusive, link between theory, research and practice, and deserves to have a high readership. I will have no hesitation in recommending it to a range of readers′ - Jane Mott, Support for Learning ′This book fulfils its aim to explain working memory and the limits it places on children′s classroom learning. For teachers it gives a very clear guide and fills a gap in understanding that can only lead to more child-centred approaches to teaching and learning′ - Lynn Ambler, Support for Learning ′A clear and accessible account of current theory and research, which is then applied to children′s learning in the classroom....The range of strategies...are well grounded in theory derived from research and sit within a coherent conceptual model′ - The Psychologist ′An easy to read yet informative book that explains the concepts clearly and offers practitioners ways to support those with poor working memory in the classroom′ - SNIP `The topic of working memory nowadays tends to dominate discussions with teachers and parents, and both groups can helpfully be directed to this easy-to-read but serious text ... (it) is likely to prove a turning-point in the management and facilitation of hard-to-teach children. In a situation muddied by ever-multiplying syndromes and disorders, this book delivers a clarifying and reassuring isolation of the major cognitive characteristic that cuts across all the boundaries and leaves the class teacher and SENCO empowered. I think very highly of the book and shall be recommending it steadily′ - Martin Turner, Child Center for Evaluation and Teaching, Kuwait Susan Gathercole is winner of the British Psychological Society′s President′s Award for 2007 A good working memory is crucial to becoming a successful learner, yet there is very little material available in an easy-to-use format that explains the concept and offers practitioners ways to support children with poor working memory in the classroom. This book provides a coherent overview of the role played by working memory in learning during the school years, and uses theory to inform good practice. Topics covered include: - the link between working memory skills and key areas of learning (such as literacy & numeracy) - the relationship between working memory and children with developmental disorders - assessment of children for working memory deficits - strategies for supporting working memory in under-performing children This accessible guide will help SENCOs, teachers, teaching assistants, speech and language therapists and educational psychologists to understand and address working memory in their setting.

How to Improve Memory Quickly by Knowing Your Personal Memory Style: Quick, Easy Tips to Improve Memory through the Brain's Fastest Superlinks Memory and Learning Style, Ricki Linksman You know how you fear losing your memory or struggle to remember what you read? This book can solve your problem by keeping your memory sharp and helping you remember what you read or hear, no matter what your age. Discover the secrets to unlock your brain's powerful memory to quickly remember anything you read. This book by one of the world's leading experts in brain-based accelerated learning and reading will dramatically change your life and how you use your memory to learn! While there are many memory books, this one is the only one that helps you find your own unique memory and learning style! Filled with quick, easy and fun tips, strategies, exercises, and activities it can increase your memory to learn anything quickly for your school, job, or career. Tap into your brain's energy powers to succeed in the competitive job market. Learn fast, easy, and powerful memory strategies to remember everything you read and learn for rapid success. Take preventative measures against memory loss that comes with aging by using techniques to keep your brain power sharp! Ricki Linksman, one of the world's leading authors of books on accelerated learning, memory, and reading comprehension, shows you how to use your brain's unique Superlinks memory and learning style and brain style to increase your memory quickly and successfully. Ricki Linksman, founder-director of Nat'l Reading Diagnostics Institute, and Keys Learning, has proven for over 35 years that people of all ages can rapidly achieve success. These brain-based memory techniques can help adult learners for school or career and seniors to exercise their brain and memory for lifelong learning. Parents can help their child or teen improve memory for reading comprehension, note taking, study, test-taking, and test-prep skills, concentration, focus, motivation, and self-esteem to raise grades, reading levels, and test scores for state, high school, or college placement tests (ACT or SAT) in the shortest possible time. These activities can be used with elementary school students (pre-K, kindergarten, grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); middle or intermediate school (grades 6, 7, or 8); high school or advanced students (grades 9, 10, 11, and 12); or college and graduate school. It can be used with students in Regular Ed, Gifted, Special Ed, Title 1, Remedial Reading, Bilingual, ESL or ESOL programs, or those with dyslexia, or ADHD or ADD. Spanish-speaking students or those who speak any other language can rapidly remember new vocabulary to master English, while English-speaking students can more quickly learn and remember any language. Teachers, college instructors, coaches, or trainers can teach students or trainees in their fastest Superlinks memory and learning style and brain style for mastery. Football, baseball, basketball, soccer, hockey, or golf coaches who want their athletes to rapidly remember their sports playbook or skills and keep up academic grades can benefit from these techniques. Improve relationships and communication skills whether you are a visual, auditory, tactile, or kinesthetic learner or a left-brain or right-brain learner by knowing others' memory styles. These simple, easy activities can increase memory and help you achieve success in any field-quickly. Note to readers: This book is part of a series on memory, reading comprehension, and test-taking skills, so for the full compendium, order How to Learn Anything Quickly: Quick, Easy Tips to Improve Memory, Reading Comprehension, and Test-taking Skills through the Brain's Fastest Superlinks Styles. Special bonus: The book contains a special discount code to take the Superlinks test online at www.superlinkslearning.com or www.keystoreadingsuccess.com for a discount price to find your best, fastest memory style.

Combining theory, research, and applications, this popular text guides college students on how to become self-regulated learners. Students gain knowledge about human motivation and learning as they improve their study skills. The focus is on relevant information and features to help students to identify the components of academic learning that contribute to high achievement, to master and practice effective learning and study strategies, and then to complete self-regulation studies that teach a process for improving their academic behavior. A framework organized around motivation, methods of learning, time management, control of the physical and social environment, and monitoring performance makes it easy for students to recognize what they need to do to become academically more successful. Pedagogical features include Exercises, Follow-Up Activities, Student Reflections, Chapter-end Reviews, Key Points, and a Glossary. New in the Fifth Edition Discussion of the importance of sleep in learning and memory Revised and updated chapter on self-regulation of emotions Current research on impact of students’ use of technology including digital learning platforms and tools, social media, and online learning Updated Companion Website resources for students and instructors