CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

COGNITION AND EMOTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Tim, a third-grader, learns the sentence “George Eats Old Gray Rats And Paints Houses Yellow” to help him remember the spelling of “geography.” What memorization device is Tim using?
A
Mneumonic Device
B
Chunking
C
Methods of Loci
D
Repetition
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -mnemonic devices. Tim, a third grader, learns the sentence “George Eats Old Gray Rats And Paints Houses Yellow” to help him remember the spelling of “geography.” Tim is using: a. a mnemonic device.

Detailed explanation-2: -In speaking, semantic encoding is the conversion of a non-verbal mental representation (the reference) into a semantic structure suitable for expression (the sense). In this fMRI study on sentence production we investigate how the speaking brain accomplishes this transition from non-verbal to verbal representations.

Detailed explanation-3: -For example, a word which is seen (in a book) may be stored if it is changed (encoded) into a sound or a meaning (i.e. semantic processing).

Detailed explanation-4: -Mnemonic devices-like acronyms, chunking, and rhymes-work by tapping into how the brain naturally stores data.

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