Research on memory functions and their applications is a vast field that has unfolded for decades; some important studies are sixty years old. However, the research has remained a well-kept secret of cognitive psychologists. Education faculties rarely teach memory specifics, so people working in education typically do not know about the above…

Ninety second and fourth graders participated in eight weeks of instruction in basic facts. Instruction for the experimental groups resequenced traditional instruction in order to emphasize thinking strategies for remembering the facts. Findings were generally consistent with other research that supports the use of thinking strategies to…

The theoretical and practical structure of a learning skills program based on an organization model is described. The first section of the paper deals with the description and implication of the program. Ideographic questioning and examination of a group of students and their study habits led to the development of an information processing model…