Comments on: Active sketching revision http://sharegeography.co.uk/2009/04/26/active-sketching-revision/ For Key Stage 3 and beyond... Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:26:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Tony_Cassidy http://sharegeography.co.uk/2009/04/26/active-sketching-revision/comment-page-1/#comment-1750 Tony_Cassidy Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:51:58 +0000 http://sharegeography.co.uk/2009/04/26/active-sketching-revision/#comment-1750 Completely agree and the research supports this, what has been deemed as traditional and outdated, is in fact effective at developing long-term memory. As always a balance is needed, memory aids, multisensory approaches and good old repetition. Thanks for the comment, T Completely agree and the research supports this, what has been deemed as traditional and outdated, is in fact effective at developing long-term memory.

As always a balance is needed, memory aids, multisensory approaches and good old repetition.

Thanks for the comment,

T

]]> By: Ruth http://sharegeography.co.uk/2009/04/26/active-sketching-revision/comment-page-1/#comment-1748 Ruth Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:06:03 +0000 http://sharegeography.co.uk/2009/04/26/active-sketching-revision/#comment-1748 I think this is a great idea. I was doing memory maps with a class today in a more mechanical way but still with paper pencil :- they had to recall a diagram we had previously built up on the non -interactive (LOL) white board. While we were having fun with this we, I explained that their brains were like the hard disk in a computer and information had to be actively saved. just because something appears on the screen the computer doesn't save it unless you do something. Teaching geography ad an interesting article about children's memory. I have a theory that they aren't so good at remembering anymore because they don't learn stuff by rote when little nursery rhymes, tales etc and the circuits aren't created in brain that enable them to do this. In much the same way as Primary Movement and Dyslexia are related. There is so much we just don't know about the brain yet. I think this is a great idea. I was doing memory maps with a class today in a more mechanical way but still with paper pencil :- they had to recall a diagram we had previously built up on the non -interactive (LOL) white board.
While we were having fun with this we, I explained that their brains were like the hard disk in a computer and information had to be actively saved. just because something appears on the screen the computer doesn’t save it unless you do something.
Teaching geography ad an interesting article about children’s memory. I have a theory that they aren’t so good at remembering anymore because they don’t learn stuff by rote when little nursery rhymes, tales etc and the circuits aren’t created in brain that enable them to do this. In much the same way as Primary Movement and Dyslexia are related. There is so much we just don’t know about the brain yet.

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