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  • What is it?

    Working Memory (WM) refers to the ability to store and maintain pertinent information. Our working memory allows us to store information temporarily while we do something else. When we need a particular bit of information for a task, we can retrieve it. It is closely related to attention and distraction. Working memory is important to draw on information we need to complete tasks and achieve goals.
    Working memory is an important skill in learning, academic performance and in solving problems.
     

    How does it show?

    Working Memory is often related to attention. It is shown in activities that require working with some information in our memory while another step in a task is completed and then bringing back the information from memory.

    ​What can we do to stimulate?

    There are many activities involving the use of working memory that teachers can do at school. For example:

    • The game “Simon says”.

    • Group activities of mental calculation.

    • Inventing and telling a story in a group: the first student says the first phrase, the second repeats it and invents a second phrase; the third repeats both of them and adds a third phrase (and so on).

    • We can break down tasks into smaller subroutines e.g. learning French words: divide all the words into blocks of 7 words a day.

    • We can ask pupils to repeat back new information, and help them connect it with what they already know.

    • We can teach them how to create and use their own memory aids — like taking notes