Making Learning Stick: A Teacher’s Guide to Student Memory (Part 2: Short-Term Working Memory)

As an educator, you may have encountered the natural limitations of our short-term, working memory, those moments when we’re actively focusing our thinking on new or recalled concepts and facts and trying to make sense of it. Bryan Goodwin breaks down the strengths and weaknesses of short-term working memory and provides practical tips that can create a better learning environment for students.

This is part two in a three-part video series revealing how our brains store new information and how teachers can use this information to improve instruction and student learning.

See Part One:    • Making Learning Stick: A Teacher’s Gu...  
See Part Three:    • Making Learning Stick: A Teacher’s Gu...  

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