As the first term comes to an end and parent teacher conferences begin...teachers want answers to why some students are not performing. One answer may be because students have not coded the information to memory and thus cannot retrieve it for tests.
Working memory has everything to do with this aspect of learning but so does the dual coding theory of memory. The dual coding theory states that information must be organized for storage and retrieval using both visual and auditory senses (Pavio 1979). I go further to state, that for our kinesthetic students, dual coding is helped when they summarize/use note-taking techniques to read or make mind-maps. Information presented in different modes enhaces the coding of that information to memory.
The Question I post to you, the blog readers, is: Do you have a strategy to share for coding and what subject is it best suited for?
