What is Long Term Memory?
Are you struggling with connecting your students learning to the science of it all? Educators have an awesome gut feeling of what works, but when it comes to connecting it to the science of the brain, it can feel complicated. Luckily, these go-to resources on brain development of long term memory will help you feel confident in the classroom and help ALL learners reach their academic goals!
The Types of Long Term Memory
The first resource that helped me was the video linked below. The video dives into the difference between two long-term memory brain storages: Explicit and Implicit Memory Storage. I actually had no clue before this post that there were different types of long term memory. I had assumed that there was just long term and short term memory but it’s actually much more in depth than I thought. View the video linked below for an overview.
The Difference Between the Types of Long Term Memory
After reviewing the above video I then realized that I had no clue what they meant by explicit vs. implicit memory. I personally need examples when it comes to Brain Science topics because I can easily feel overwhelmed So I took to Google to see if I could find an explanation that helped really drive the differences that are happening with long term memory for all of our learners. Luckily, I found the visual below which helped me tremendously decipher the two:
Image from verywellmind.com
Tools to Help Store Long Term Memory
Now that I fully understood the types of Long Term Memory I realized that there are a lot of teacher tools that help with the brain development of long term memory used by teachers all the time! I decided that diving even deeper to see if I could find research based evidence based practices (EBP) for long term memory could be a great resource to help ALL students. Below is the visual and link of those EBP’s.
From WWC
There you have it! A starter guide to understanding Brain Science. It can be a tricky topic but using a mixture of implicit and explicit memory strategies can help you feel confident in the classroom! If you’d like to learn more teacher tips and tricks based off of research and information like this, feel free to join my email list below for updates and until next time-
Happy learning :)