Helping Students Remember, Includes CD-ROM: Exercises and Strategies to Strengthen Memory

This book gets right to the point. It is packed full of information and memory-building exercises. Plan to use this material as part of our homeschool curriculum with my student who needs to work on building memory. In reading through the material to plan for our classwork, I found several ideas that I had not thought of before! After reading through it - I have decided to use the material for ALL of my students. It's a nice resource to have.

Although designed for grade 3 and above, many of the lessons are adaptable / suitable for my first-grade grand-daughter who has a working memory deficit. She knows she has difficulty remembering information long enough to utilize it, such as remembering that 4 = 4 = 8 long enough to use it to figure out that 4 + 5 = 9. Or, she can count to 100 by tens, and can count by twos, but when counting to 100 by twos, she can't remember which "ten" she is supposed to say. The strategies and practice are helping her to improve her working memory.

"Helping Students Remember" by M. Dehn was excellent and as advertised. Good resource tool for teaching and learning for teachers and students.

Great for kids

Useful book. Lots of good info.

Very informative, useful to both school psychologists and teachers.

The book stores, both on-line and brick and mortar, are deluged with books about ways to improve the brain. Most of these are aimed at becoming best sellers with little, if any, regard for support from the research related to the topic. This book is different. Written by an author who has studied and written before in the area of memory, this book is based on age-specific empirical data and presented in a manner for the teacher or other professional to work with either a primary or upper level student to improve memory.The author skips the traditional "Chapter 2" in most books which takes the reader through what is usually a high school level of the anatomy of the brain and jumps right into strategies to assist the student. While not all memory issues are the same, the author provides numerous strategies which could assist in the classroom.At a time where there is ample evidence suggesting that attentional and memory difficulties work hand-in-hand, the strategies would be useful for students who may have been diagnosed with attentional difficulties in the past. The adage "Pills don't teach skills" apply in this situation. Now that the child can focus on what is going on in the classroom, do they have the coping strategies to be successful? Dehn lays these skills out in this book.Chapters for the lower-grades include topics such as Goals for remembering, Memorization Methods Using repetition and chunking and Grouping Words by Category. The author also orders the chapters for specific topics, such as spelling, arithmetic and reading comprehension. Included in the Appendices is a list of skills, the minimum number of practice rounds as well as locations to find related information.With the overwhelming amount of information being presented at an earlier age, it is recommended that books such as this be incorporated into the curriculum at an early grade and continued throughout the educational process. Most importantly, it reminds students, parents and educators that there are no "overnight" fixes and that success requires commitment as well as work. The CD-ROM included with the book allows for the strategies to be down-loaded and customized for specific situations.Having worked with students in the schools as a classroom teacher, guidance counselor and with students/parents outside of the school structure for years, I heartedly recommend this book.

The power of our memory is fascinating. The art and science of memory has been fading into obscurity for a number of years now, but is experiencing a resurgence due to books like this and more popular works like  Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything . There are some great books out there for adults on building memory and learning basic techniques, but not for younger children.This text solves that problem. It is a workbook for memory that is so simple, a child can pick it up quickly and build on the techniques to improve their memory. Most of the basic exercises will take less than 10 minutes, but the lessons learned will improve your child's study skills and learning ability for life. The book says that it should be started at Grade 3, but many of lessons could easily be adapted for children even younger.There is a lot of value here, and if you learn best through worksheets than this may be a good book for any age. It is a great tool and the accompanying CD-ROM with worksheets makes it adaptable to your family's needs. Valuable tool for building memory.If you are interested in memory, here are some other great books: Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything  - Mentioned earlier, but this is a great narrative account of a journalist learning to use memory techniques. An easy to read introduction into the world of memory. Your Memory : How It Works and How to Improve It  - Nice mix of history, science, and practical application. The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play  - Mainly application and other memory techniques. Super Memory - Super Student: How to Raise Your Grades in 30 Days  - Some cross over with the title above, but a good one to build on once you complete the workbook.This workbook is pricy, but if you are looking for a systematic daily method for improving your child's memory then this may be your best bet. Recommended.

Trainers should be well informed about working memory before they start using the guide; which offers practical ideasabout a number of subjects.

Good practical learning strategies.