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Cognitive Skills and Study Methods
Learning Styles: Truth or Myth? Are There Alternatives?
The term “learning styles” speaks to the understanding that every student learns differently. Technically, an individual’s learning style refers to the preferential way in which the student absorbs, processes, comprehends and retains information.
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Long-Term Memory: What It Is, Types, Ways to Improve
Long-term memory is the memory process that takes information from the short-term memory store and creates long-lasting memories. Learn more about the types, stages, and how to improve.
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What Are Mnemonics? 6 Types with Comprehensive Examples
A mnemonic is a specific reconstruction of target content intended to tie new information more closely to the learner's existing knowledge base and, therefore, facilitate retrieval. There are a variety of mnemonic techniques, including the method of loci, pegwords, acronyms, acrostics, spelling mnemonics, and number-sound mnemonics.
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What Is Visual Memory? Types, Importance, Improving
Visual memory is the ability to recall what the eyes have seen. Learn more about visual memory types, its importance, and how to improve it.
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What Is Visual Perception? Why It Matters, Deficits
The terms visual perception and visual processing are often used interchangeably, and refer to the brain’s ability to understand what the eyes see.
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Understanding Foundational Learning Skills
Foundational learning skills or basic learning skills refer to the skills that make learning possible. There is a tendency nowadays to confuse the word skill with related concepts like strategy, method, and technique. Many people, when talking about “learning skills,” actually mean learning strategies, or learning methods, or learning techniques.
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Processing Speed: What It Is, Why It Matters, How to Improve
Processing speed involves one or more of the following functions: the length of time it takes to perceive information, process information, and formulate or enact a response. Slow processing speed is not a formal learning disability, but it can play a part in learning and attention issues like dyslexia, ADHD, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia.
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What Is Logical Thinking? 6 Types; 4 Exercises to Improve It
You have four blocks in front of you, a black one, a red one, a white one and a green one. You must remove two of them. You may not take away the red, the black and the white blocks simultaneously. You may not take away the white, the green and the red ones simultaneously. Which two blocks may be removed? To answer this puzzle you will need to think logically.
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16 Cognitive Skills that Matter, How to Improve Them
Cognitive skills, also called cognitive abilities, cognitive functions, or cognitive capabilities, are mental skills used in acquiring knowledge, manipulating information, reasoning, and problem-solving.
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8 Reasons Why Working Memory Is Important
Working memory is key to learning. How good this is in someone will either ease their path to learning or seriously prevent them from learning. Here are eight ways children use working memory to learn.
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What Is Iconic Memory?
Iconic memory is the immediate, brief memory of a visual image that lasts just milliseconds before fading. It is a type of sensory memory, which is the shortest-term element of memory.
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Auditory Memory: Importance, Test, Overcoming Deficits
Auditory memory involves taking in information that is presented orally, processing that information, storing it in one’s mind, and then recalling what one has heard. Basically, it involves the skills of attending, listening, processing, storing, and recalling.
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