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Description:

A discussion guide for individual or small group work as students read about tips on
enhancing their own memories in OpenStax Psychology chapter 8. Students will
produce enhanced flashcards employing strategies they learned.
Suggested tags: memory, psychology

Enhancing Memory - Discussion Guide


Activity author: Kelley Eltzroth - Mid Michigan College, Harrison, Michigan
Discussion guide template created by: Patricia Adams - Pitt Community College; Jean
Cahoon - Pitt Community College; Kelley Eltzroth - Mid Michigan College

Goals:
● To engage your students in active reading in a group format.
● To provide tips for students to enhance their memory in ways that may increase
their student success.

Format: Students will read a module from OpenStax Psychology together, and
respond in small group discussions about what they have learned. You may want to
print this section for an on-site course and encourage students to annotate as they read.
Another option is to encourage students to take notes if they are reading this on a
device. Provide notecards for the final connections activity

Other Options:
● Use the questions a reading guide for students for individual reading
● Use as discussion prompts for online forums about memory, study skills
● Use as a tool to help students learn how to read psychology texts
● Any combination of the above!

Concepts:
Memory enhancing strategies; Chunking; Elaborative rehearsal; Mnemonic device;
Levels of processing; Self-reference effect; Forgetting curve; Rehearsal; Interference;
Exercise; Sleep
Title: Ways to Enhance Memory
Anticipation question: What does the title indicate you are
going to learn? What are strategies you use to help you
remember important things?

Reaction: Were you right? Why or why not?

Challenge:
In what ways did this
reading challenge you to
think about something in a
new way? Are you
challenged to take any
action? Are you challenged
by any of the terms or
concepts that are new to
you?

Change:
How has your thinking
changed after reading this
chapter section? How has it
changed your beliefs about
how to enhance your
memory?

What is one takeaway for


you, a strategy you can
implement in your own
study habits?

Concepts:
What ideas do you think are
important and worth holding
onto from this piece? What
are some terms and
concepts that are important
to know?

Connections:
What connections do you
draw between this content
and your life? How is the
material connected to
learning outcome for this
course?

As a group, recommend
ways that someone can
enhance their memory by
using flashcards to
rehearse concepts and
terms. What should be
included on the flashcard?

References:
OpenStax, 8.4 Ways to Enhance Memory. OpenStax CNX. Feb 25, 2019
http://cnx.org/contents/148d0393-8c31-4c83-b1cd-4e973c989a38@12.

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