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Peer reviewedSylwester, Robert – Educational Leadership, 1985
Research identifies two interrelated memories--one that retains facts and symbols and one that retains motor and problem-solving skills. These and other findings challenge educators to determine what students should memorize, to help them move from random memorization to creating useful concepts, and to teach students to use memory in problem…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Strategies, Encoding (Psychology), Learning Processes
