{"id":1077,"date":"2020-07-28T19:16:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T23:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/fw\/?page_id=1077"},"modified":"2021-08-22T21:32:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T01:32:09","slug":"work-that-memory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/fw\/critical-and-creative-thinking-executive-functioning\/working-memory\/work-that-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Work that memory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class='accordion md-accordion' id='accordion0' role='tablist' aria-multiselectable='true'><div class='card'><div class='card-header' role='tab' id='Instructions-0'><a data-toggle='collapse' data-parent='#accordion0' href='#collapseOneInstructions-0' aria-expanded='true' aria-controls='collapseOneInstructions-0'><h3 class='mb-0'><em class='fas fa-angle-down rotate-icon'><\/em> Instructions<\/h3><\/a><\/div><div id='collapseOneInstructions-0' class='collapse show' role='tabpanel' aria-labelledby='collapseOneInstructions-0' data-parent='#accordion0'><div class='card-body'><p>Ask:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What are the strategies students use to remember something new?<\/li>\n<li>Students to read the \u201cWorking memory tip card\u201d. (See \u201cSupplementary resources\u201d.) Ask students to identify if this is an area of strength or a challenge for them.<\/li>\n<li>Students can pick examples of self-talk that they have either used in the past or think might be helpful to them.\n<ul>\n<li>They can add their own tips and self-talk as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Next steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ask students to identify one new strategy they wish to try for the week.<\/li>\n<li>Follow up with them to see how their experiment went and if they want to continue this strategy or try something new.<\/li>\n<li>Repeat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='card'><div class='card-header' role='tab' id='Supplementary-resources-0'><a data-toggle='collapse' data-parent='#accordion0' href='#collapseOneSupplementary-resources-0' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='collapseOneSupplementary-resources-0'><h3 class='mb-0'><em class='fas fa-angle-down rotate-icon'><\/em> Supplementary resources<\/h3><\/a><\/div><div id='collapseOneSupplementary-resources-0' class='collapse' role='tabpanel' aria-labelledby='collapseOneSupplementary-resources-0' data-parent='#accordion0'><div class='card-body'><p><a href=\"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/fw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/09\/Working-memory-tip-EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Working memory tip card<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When you develop practices to improve your working memory, you will improve your ability to keep key information in your mind.<br \/>\n<table width=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Working memory tips<\/th>\n<th>Self-talk<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Use coloured markers to highlight instructions (use different colours to signal different things, such as green for the most important, red for things I might forget).<\/li>\n<li>Set reminders with time and sound cue on my smartphone.<\/li>\n<li>Make checklists.<\/li>\n<li>Visualize a picture of something, to connect with what you need to remember.<\/li>\n<li>Find ways to connect information in ways that make sense to me.<\/li>\n<li>Teach it to someone else so I also learn it.<\/li>\n<li>Repeat it.<\/li>\n<li>Do all work on my iPad or tablet so it\u2019s always with me.<\/li>\n<li>Other strategies:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cAm I forgetting anything?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCheck my list.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCheck my agenda.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhat picture did I make of that in my mind?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>My own idea:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li>Adapted from Peg Dawson &amp; Richard Guare, Coaching Students with Executive Skills Deficits, 2012<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='card'><div class='card-header' role='tab' id='Adaptations-0'><a data-toggle='collapse' data-parent='#accordion0' href='#collapseOneAdaptations-0' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='collapseOneAdaptations-0'><h3 class='mb-0'><em class='fas fa-angle-down rotate-icon'><\/em> Adaptations<\/h3><\/a><\/div><div id='collapseOneAdaptations-0' class='collapse' role='tabpanel' aria-labelledby='collapseOneAdaptations-0' data-parent='#accordion0'><div class='card-body'><p><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW80887272 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW80887272 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW80887272 BCX0\">Consider incorporating movement, rhythm and mind breaks to help with information retention and integration.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW80887272 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='card'><div class='card-header' role='tab' id='Evidence-0'><a data-toggle='collapse' data-parent='#accordion0' href='#collapseOneEvidence-0' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='collapseOneEvidence-0'><h3 class='mb-0'><em class='fas fa-angle-down rotate-icon'><\/em> Evidence<\/h3><\/a><\/div><div id='collapseOneEvidence-0' class='collapse' role='tabpanel' aria-labelledby='collapseOneEvidence-0' data-parent='#accordion0'><div class='card-body'><p>Working memory is the \u201cability to retain and operate information in our minds\u201d (Dias &amp; Seabra, 2016).\u00a0 Teachers model the use of working memory constantly \u2013 every time they answer a question or provide a new lesson.\u00a0Students at all levels need to use working memory to manage their learning.\u00a0Their learning, especially their ease of learning, depends on strong working memory skills.\u00a0Dias &amp; Seabra (2016) saw that teacher-supported working memory development was carried on by students one year later.<\/p>\n<p>Higher working memory skills allow students to better manage everyday tasks such as following instructions, and tasks that require holding information in the mind such as literacy and numeracy (Mann, et al., 2017).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='card'><div class='card-header' role='tab' id='References-0'><a data-toggle='collapse' data-parent='#accordion0' href='#collapseOneReferences-0' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='collapseOneReferences-0'><h3 class='mb-0'><em class='fas fa-angle-down rotate-icon'><\/em> References<\/h3><\/a><\/div><div id='collapseOneReferences-0' class='collapse' role='tabpanel' aria-labelledby='collapseOneReferences-0' data-parent='#accordion0'><div class='card-body'><p>Dawson, P., &amp; Guare, R. (2012). <em>Coaching students with executive skills deficits<\/em>. Guilford Press.<\/p>\n<p>Dias &amp; Seabra, 2016 <em>Intervention for executive functions development in early elementary school children: effects on learning and behaviour, and follow-up maintenance<\/em>. Educational Psychology<\/p>\n<p>Mann, T. D., Hund, A. M., Hesson\u2010McInnis, M. S., &amp; Roman, Z. J. (2017). Pathways to School Readiness: Executive Functioning Predicts Academic and Social\u2013Emotional Aspects of School Readiness. <em>Mind, Brain, and Education, 11<\/em>(1), 21-31.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='card'><div class='card-header' role='tab' id='Catholic-connection-0'><a data-toggle='collapse' data-parent='#accordion0' href='#collapseOneCatholic-connection-0' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='collapseOneCatholic-connection-0'><h3 class='mb-0'><em class='fas fa-angle-down rotate-icon'><\/em> Catholic connection<\/h3><\/a><\/div><div id='collapseOneCatholic-connection-0' class='collapse' role='tabpanel' aria-labelledby='collapseOneCatholic-connection-0' data-parent='#accordion0'><div class='card-body'><p>Reflecting on our uniqueness and adopting practices that improve our thinking helps us to contribute meaningfully, allowing us to become centred in our faith, and building a calm foundation for productive work. <span class=\"TextRun SCXW178068154 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW178068154 BCX0\">Peer support and collaboration.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='card'><div class='card-header' role='tab' id='Catholic-graduation-expectations-0'><a data-toggle='collapse' data-parent='#accordion0' href='#collapseOneCatholic-graduation-expectations-0' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='collapseOneCatholic-graduation-expectations-0'><h3 class='mb-0'><em class='fas fa-angle-down rotate-icon'><\/em> Catholic graduation expectations<\/h3><\/a><\/div><div id='collapseOneCatholic-graduation-expectations-0' class='collapse' role='tabpanel' aria-labelledby='collapseOneCatholic-graduation-expectations-0' data-parent='#accordion0'><div class='card-body'><p>(3c) A reflective creative and holistic thinker\u00a0thinks reflectively and creatively to evaluate situations and solve problems.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To help students develop practices to improve their working memory and their ability to keep key knowledge in their mind <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1933,"parent":222,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"practice-template.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,34,38,130,132,224],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1077","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-critical-and-creative-thinking-executive-functioning","category-intermediate","category-junior","category-promote","category-understand","category-virtual-option"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/fw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/fw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/fw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/fw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/fw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1077"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/fw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2829,"href":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/fw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1077\/revisions\/2829"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/fw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/fw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/fw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/fw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smho-smso.ca\/fw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}