GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
COGNITIVE THEORIES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Pegword method
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Initial-letter strategy
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mnemonics Using Organisation: It improves the ability to learn and retrieve information accurately by applying the principle of reorganization of the material to be learned. The strategy to remember a long string of letters by grouping them into memorable and meaningful parts is called chunking.
Detailed explanation-2: -Acronym. An acronym is a word that is made up by taking the first letters of all the key words or ideas you need to remember and creating a new word out of them. The word “HOMES” to remember the names of the Great Lakes: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mnemonic techniques can include songs, poems, rhymes, outlines, images and acronyms. Mnemonics give meaning to something ordinary to make it more memorable when you try to recall it. This technique is useful for storing information in both your short-and long-term memory.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mnemonics are memory devices that help learners recall larger pieces of information, especially in the form of lists like characteristics, steps, stages, parts, etc. We knew back in 1967 from a study by Gerald R. Miller that mnemonics increased recall.