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Mnemonic Strategies . By: Katherine Newport and Laura Staab. Definition. Mnemonic Strategies: Systematic strategies for strengthening long-term retention and retrieval of information. . Relationship to Differentiation.
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Mnemonic Strategies By: Katherine Newport and Laura Staab
Definition • Mnemonic Strategies: Systematic strategies for strengthening long-term retention and retrieval of information.
Relationship to Differentiation • There are different strategies that kids can choose from to help retain information • Acronyms • For remembering directions (North, East, South, and West) some children may choose to remember it as “Never Eat Soggy Waffles” or “Never Eat Salty Watermelon” • Rhyming • Songs
How do Mnemonic Strategies work? • They work by creating connections where no connection is immediately obvious to the learner.
What do Mnemonic Strategies look like? • Early Elementary (K-2) • Children use rhyming to learn rules in grammar (“i” before “e”, except after “c”) • Intermediate (3-5) • Children use acronyms to learn the lines of the scale in music (EGBDF – “Every Good Boy Does Fine”) • Middle (6-8) • Students learn the preamble of the Constitution through a song (School of Rock)
Resources For More Information!!! • http://education.purduecal.edu/Vockell/EdPsyBook/Edpsy6/edpsy6_mnemonics.htm • http://www.adlit.org/strategies/22732/ • http://www.ldonline.org/article/5912/
How to use Mnemonic Strategies in a Lesson Plan • http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/fall-leaves-fall-lesson-plan • Teach the acronym “SLANT” (Sit up, Lean forward, Ask questions about the topic, Nod your head, and Track the teacher with your eyes) at the beginning of the lesson • This would work for any lesson plan
Key Aspects of Mnemonic Strategies • Mnemonic Strategies: Systematic strategies for strengthening long-term retention and retrieval of information. • There are different strategies that kids can choose from to help retain information(relationship to differentiation) • Example: Children use acronyms to learn the lines of the scale in music (EGBDF – “Every Good Boy Does Fine”)