26 Sep, 2007
Short Term Memory
Posted by teacherjulie @ 9:47 pm
Shelved under Being a (Special Ed) Teacher, Bits and Pieces, Learning Disabilities, mental retardation, special education

Short Term Memory is a skill about processing and holding information in awareness and then manipulating it within a few seconds.

Have you had some problems like these? You are about to say something and you stop in mid-sentence, completely forgetting the word or thought or idea that you are about to say? My children tease me about this, having “memory gap”, teehee, :D . If these happen at times, rest assured, nothing serious is the matter. Especially for those who are moving up the age brackets, you know what I mean.

But if these happen with children? Then there is an underlying problem. Some of the “symptoms” for short term memory problems can be:

  • poor memory about physical/action sequences (tendency to forget activities in school, steps on how to do a project, dance steps)
  • inconsistent visual memory (tendency to forget what has been seen or watched)
  • inconsistent auditory memory (tendency to not being able to listen to or hear words spoken, having difficulty memorizing song lyrics)
  • disrupted flow of ideas when speaking and writing (happens when words, or images or thoughts were forgotten)
  • repetitions numbering more than the required number of times to be taught, in other words, drills will be taught, retaught, over and over again but there are still parts or bits that would be forgotten.

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27 Sep, 2007 @ 9:11 pm
Rowena said:

Hi Julie, kasali na kaya ako dun sa age bracket na me memory lapses na? LOL. Seriously, the 4 cs I underwent damaged my good memory, hay hirap….

  • Going through a major operation I think is also a cause of memory lapses. Its ok I think with those advance in age since we go through a lot, day in and day out. But for children, this should be a cause for an alarm. Didn’t see you go after the field trip, Wenchie. Till the next one, :)

28 Sep, 2007 @ 11:35 am
Belle said:

ako din, may memory lapses kaya once in a while my younger daughter takes advantage of me..hehe. she would take my blush without asking my permission thinking that i would not be able to notice it but i do, eventually.

  • Pilya, but cute :D Sometimes nga I’g go to a room and then come out again empty-handed because I forgot what I am supposed to get there! Speaking of which, I haven’t emailed to you yet the photos I promised. My bad. :(

22 Oct, 2007 @ 10:58 pm
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