Memory Traces:
Memory Traces We’re not sure how memory is really formed. We know a lot about the biology and neurology, but what finally and really happens is not known, yet.
'Memory traces' are hypothetical changes in neural tissue that seem to account for persistence of memory.
I use this logic as my rationale for Math Wheels. In the end, LD kids just seem to need more repetitions and scaffolding to develop these memory traces for basic facts.
Facilitating Memory:
Facilitating Memory We know that memory can be aided numerous ways. Such things as mnemonic devices, associative memory cues, logical sequence, rhyming, music, etc.
Methods vary by what kind of knowledge is to be remembered. Declarative knowledge is memory of facts and details. That’s what were after here. Procedural knowledge is also vital to mathematics. These two work together and are the 'warp and woof' of all mathematics.
Math Wheels & Scaffolding:
Math Wheels andamp; Scaffolding Scaffolding supplements the construction of buildings--the end product.
Cognitive scaffolding supplements the construction of long term memory for basic facts.
Scaffolding provides memory hooks so students can associate answers accurately.
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These charts are for introductory work in multiplication basic facts.
The 0 table is the first table to study. It is an idea that must be communicated.
Talk about the 'groups of' concept of multiplication. e.g. 0 x 4 means 'no groups of four'.
Point to each fact starting with 0x1. Say, 'How much would no groups of 1 be?'
Work your way around the wheel in a clockwise manner.
Establish the pattern—anything times 0 is 0 because 'no groups of something is zero.'
This table is mastered by an important logic.
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These charts are for introductory work in multiplication basic facts.
The 0 table is the first table to study. It is an idea that must be communicated.
Talk about the 'groups of' concept of multiplication. e.g. 0 x 4 means 'no groups of four'.
Point to each fact starting with 0x1. Say, 'How much would no groups of 1 be?'
Work your way around the wheel in a clockwise manner.
Establish the pattern—anything times 0 is 0 because 'no groups of something is zero.'
This table is mastered by an important logic.
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