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    Putting Working Memory to Work to Support Student Learning

    Friday, November 15, 2024 at 2:00 PM until 3:00 PMEastern Standard Time UTC -05:00

    Join us for a FREE LCIRT webinar!

    Title: Putting Working Memory to Work to Support Student Learning

    Date: Friday, November 15, 2024 from 2:00 - 3:00 pm ET. 

    Presented by
    : Rick Bryck, Ph.D., Senior Director, Landmark College Institute for Research and Training (LCIRT) 

    Description: Working Memory (WM) is considered a fundamental executive function. It serves as a gatekeeper to information processing and thus knowledge acquisition. This session will review fundamental attributes of WM, including its limitations, connections to learning, and the related concept of “cognitive load” (i.e., how we fill WM). Differentiating between positive and negative contributions to a learning activity's cognitive load will be discussed. An emphasis will also be placed on how to scaffold WM by providing strategies for efficient use of this limited, yet crucial, component of learning–especially for students with executive function challenges.

    Learning Objectives:

    Attendees will be able to take away the following from this webinar:

    • Insights into how WM is linked to learning
    • Differentiating between the positive and negative contributions to a learning task’s "cognitive load"
    • Strategies for optimizing WM in learning contexts
    • Approaches for modifying academic content to maximize WM (and thus learning)

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