I am still a newbie with the spec. ed. stuff. I was wondering how to work on a student who will learn a concept, then a few minutes later will completely forget what he has learned. What does that mean? Is this a short term memory thing or long term? Also, what can I do to work on improving his memory? thanks, Rebecca Faye
Re: forgets concept right after it has been taught.
*Usually* it means that the concept hasn’t been taught, just some superficial routine that looks liek the concept.
There’s *really* short-term memory (I say a number you say it back — but five minutes later you probably couldn’t), then a middle ground short-term memory, and then of course long-term memory. Sounds like this kiddo’s stuck at the first one. How independently did he demonstrate that concept? What kind of concept?
Re: forgets concept right after it has been taught.
What kind of concepts are we talking about? Are we talking concepts or skills?
I’ve taught student capitalization rules and if you look at their writing right after that, you would think they forgot it all. But that’s a part of the learning process. “Oh, now you mean we should actually capitalize in our sentences???”
I’ve also seen kids forget math operations very quickly.
But it would help to more of what exactly this student is doing.
Check on developing his cognitive skills.
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