Making Learning Sticky - with Dr. Teresa Patitucci
In this episode, Chrissy interviews Dr. Teresa Patitucci, Assistant Professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Patitucci teaches anatomy and neuroscience to medical, graduate, and pharmacy students, focusing on the structure of the body & and brain.
In their conversation, Dr. Patitucci (Tess) shares:
information about the parts of the brain related to learning retention
how learning is essentially the same as making a series of memories
an analogy to illustrate the differences between working memory, short term memory, and long term memory
how information moves from short term to long term memory
4 factors that influence our ability to retain and recall information:
organization of information - emphasize key points, help students to understand which information is most important, help them ‘file’ the information in folders and subfolders
multiple ways to access the information - help students see connections between information, make it as intuitive as possible so students can ‘find’ the information easily
context - the more you can relate something to another thing they already have stored (relate to , something they understand, the more likely you’ll be able to find it again
emotion - memories that are connected to stronger emotions are stickier, if our brains think something is important then our emotions color it with importance
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