Memory ability is indeed a prerequisite for better study. For example, in life, we often find that some children can get a good result without any effort. But there are also some children who study hard, but as long as a book is closed, they will forget all the knowledge, resulting in low learning efficiency and great efforts.
In fact, there is no difference in the intelligence level of most children, and now living conditions are good, and children are fully nourished in all aspects. And many children have also experienced early education, so why is there such a big difference in learning this?
The reason may be a memory problem.
However, is excellent memory innate?
Of course not. Mainly depends on the cultivation of the day after tomorrow.
The British magazine Nature once published an article on related research: Compared with ordinary people, people with super memory have almost no difference in brain morphology, and their logical ability in other aspects is similar to that of ordinary people. They have a strong memory only because of their good skills.
Good memory ability, the first thing is to improve children? Working memory?
What is working memory?
If we want to remember one thing, there are three steps. They are perceptual memory, working memory and long-term memory.
Perceptual memory is very easy to understand, and it is the information we get from our senses.
Is working memory what we think? High speed memory? Long-term memory is equivalent to a hard disk with huge storage capacity.
Because high-speed memory plays a connecting role, in addition, how children's working memory directly determines what kind of effect children will achieve.
Why is working memory so important?
The main function of working memory is to store and process the information that the brain receives from the outside world.
If you give your child a simple math problem, what is 4+3-2? If working memory is used, it is no problem for children to remember these numbers and complete the process, and finally get the results.
The main task of working memory is this. It requires children to listen to instructions carefully, then form an order of doing things in their minds and finally implement them.
In the TV program "Super Brain", you can often see people with super memory, some of whom are children.
It only takes a short time for a complicated operation problem to be answered correctly by their minds. Although the accuracy of their answers is high and it doesn't take long, it doesn't necessarily mean that they have high IQ. The key is the training they have experienced.
? Working memory? What are the specific behaviors of children with limited abilities? A psychologist from Britain once said that children with poor working memory are usually accompanied by a series of performances, such as the following:
I can't remember the instructions given to me by others, and my perception of space is limited. I get lost easily, my concentration is not easy, and my mind is easily distracted. I can't seem to do those jobs that require both memory and practical operation. Let's take the math problem 4+3-2 mentioned above as an example. Working memory? Children with poor ability, let alone whether they can work out the correct answers, may not even remember these figures.
So, to some extent, the child's? Working memory? Ability is even equal to their thinking ability, which has a very direct impact on children's logical ability, reading ability and problem-solving ability.
What's more, the most direct influence on children's academic performance is not IQ, but working memory ability.
Seeing this, many parents may say that my children are like this. For example, they think that their children are always careless, inattentive and have poor memory. What should we do?
But parents don't have to worry too much, because working memory seems profound, but it can also be improved through acquired training.
Some psychologists abroad have done an experiment specifically for children with poor working memory ability, and have done a series of training for these children. Finally, they found that children's working memory ability has been greatly improved, even better than those with normal working memory ability.
Some people may think that since it is an experiment, it must have been done after a lot of training, which is not something that ordinary children can experience.
But it's not like this.
Experts have concluded that if children spend about five to ten minutes a day for eight to twelve weeks, their working memory will be greatly improved.
In the final analysis, we just want our children to have at least a normal development, which is beneficial to their later lives, rather than being trained as super brains? A prodigy? That road.
How to improve children's memory ability? 1, remember the same thing over and over again.
This is a very effective and simple method, which is to let children remember the same thing over and over again. For example, after telling a child a short story, let the child repeat the general idea just now.
2. Break down more complex tasks.
When training children's working memory ability, parents can first subdivide the training task into small tasks and let the children complete it step by step.
For example, if you want your child to remember his phone number, just say a long list of numbers 1 1, which will definitely be difficult for the child to remember. At this time, you can divide the number 1 1 into three groups, then let the children memorize it in groups according to their reading habits, and finally memorize the number 1 1 completely.
Let the children stand in the teacher's point of view and teach us in turn.
For example, when children are playing with building blocks to build houses, they can be guided to talk and do.
This is the foundation of the house?
And circle the outside as a fence?
This is the roof?
4. Play meaningful games.
In daily life, we should also grasp all small things to improve children's working memory ability.
For example, puzzles, chess and origami are all good methods.
5. Observe and appease the child's anxiety.
Studies have shown that if people's emotions enter an anxious state, almost all working memories in the brain will be completely consumed. Therefore, once we are shrouded in this emotion, we should stop doing what is in front of us.
It can also be seen that anxiety is also one of the reasons why children's working memory ability is low. Therefore, if the child fails to complete the task assigned by the parents again, the parents should try their best to give the child patience and encourage the child to work hard.