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Can you remember this?

Write the numbers down! Lets see what you get. 76512
830956
7459271
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447143563
4765439679
Can you remember this?
Draw the image on a loonie
from memory

Mrs. Linda Roy Kindergarten

Mrs. Michelle O’Connor Grade 1 & 2
Mrs. MacDonald Grade 3
Can you remember all your Mrs. McCleary Grade 4

teachers from grade school? Mr. Greer Grade 5

Mrs. Laurie Breyure-Tyo Grade 6
Mrs. Suzanne Anderson Grade 7
Mrs. Cindy Danaher Grade 8
 What is memory? 3 Levels of Memory
• Sensory Memory

• Based on 4 Senses
• The capacity to acquire, retain and recall knowledge and skills
• Only Recorded for a few seconds - Once you’ve recorded the necessary
• Episodic memory: Remembering things from the past information, the sensory memory fades

• Examples:
• Semantic memory: knowledge of how the world works
• Taste of a sandwich in your mouth
• Procedural memory: knowing how to do things
• Sight of a squirrel crossing the road

• Feel of chair against your back

3 Levels of Memory 3 Levels of Memory

• Short-term memory
• Long-term Memory
• What’s going on in your conscious mind right now

• Holds information for 15-20 seconds
• Most people can remember about 7 separate, unorganized items in short
term memory
• Can work with more if you organize it into groups
• Examples: Someone tells you their phone number and you punch it into your
cell phone
• Which is easier to remember, the name of a friend or the name of
the waiter at the last restaurant you dined at?
• If it is important to you, you’ll remember it.
• Long-term memory is unlimited, but we may not always be able to
recall the information
 3 Levels of Memory
• Tricks to improving your long term memory?
Can you remember any of the
• Ascribe personal meaning
letter combinations with out
Mnemonic device
•
looking at your page?
• Recall items regularly

• Organization

Task

Thinking • On a sticky note write down a word (could be a movie, thing, place,
etc)

• Keep it G rated.

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht
I was rdanieg the phaonmneal pweor of the muan
mind aoccdrnig to a rscheearc at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in taht oredr the ltteers in a
word are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and
lsat ltteer be in the right pclae. The rset can be a taotl
mess and you can sitll read it wouthit a porbelm. This
is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter
by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh
and I always thought slpeling was ipmorantt.
The Cognitive Process
• Is employed for all decisions people make
• Step-by-Step process where you break the steps as though you are
creating your own adventure story
• As we speak - we conduct a search through our brain to use the right
words
• We map things out and respond in what may seem like a natural way
• Our brains process information so fast, that many of our actions seem
thoughtless

Have you ever found yourself trying to

find the right word Encode/Store Information

Encounter a Problem Infer Relationships

Respond
• Your brain is trying to find the right word by inferring possible
relationships with words that are similar to the one you wish to use Yes

• Your brain then maps all the similar words together linking Does Answer work
No Map Information
information until you find your response and answer - all this
happens in split seconds!
Apply Possible Responses
 Let us play a game…

• You will each get the opportunity to sit in the chair at the front

• I will put a word on the screen The

• Your classmates have to help you guess the word

• No peaking!

Typemoon Music
Math Singapore

Exam Popcorn
Mississippi Moist

Python Phoenix
 Deductive Reasoning
• Deductive Reasoning: Applying general assumptions to specific
cases
• An argument whose premises makes its conclusion certain
Inductive Reasoning
• Inductive reasoning - Collecting specific information to form a
general assumption (generalizations and false assumptions)
• An argument whose premises makes its conclusion likely
Deductive Reasoning
• All turtles have shells. The animal I have captured is a turtle. I
conclude that the animal in my bag has a shell.
• A guitar has strings and makes sound. A violin also has strings.
Therefore the violin must also make sound.
• All humans have brains. Mr. Carlisle is a human. Therefore he has a
brain.
Inductive Reasoning
• All sheep that I’ve seen are white. All sheep must be white.
• Most men enjoy sports. John is a man. He must enjoy sports.
• Most women enjoy cooking. My mom is a women. She must enjoy
cooking.
 Let us try some more…

• All cats have tails.

• Xena is a cat.

• Therefore, Xena has a tail.

Let us try some more…

Deductive • November is usually cold here in Canada. Today is November 21,

so it is going to be another cold day in Canada.
 Let us try some more…

Inductive • All humans have a nose.

• Bobby is human.

• Therefore, Bobby has a nose.

Let us try some more…

My math teacher is skinny.

Deductive •

• My last math teacher was skinny.

• Math teachers are skinny.

 Deductive reasoning is more
Inductive accurate than inductive reasoning.

Cognitive Thinking Puzzles

With a partner, create your own example of

both inductive and deductive reasoning. • Prisoner and rope:

• A prisoner was attempting to escape from a tower. He found in his

Be prepared to share. cell a rope that was not long enough to permit him to reach the
ground safely. He divided the rope in half, tied the two parts
together and escaped. How could he have done this?
 Answer Cognitive Thinking Puzzles

• Ten Dollars:
• He cut the rope in half vertically • Joe and Frank have the same amount of money. How much must
Joe give Frank so that Frank has $10 more than Joe?

Answer Cognitive Thinking Puzzles

• Coin and Bottle!

• $5 • If you were to put a coin into an empty bottle then insert a cork into
the neck, how could you remove the coin without taking the cork out
or breaking the bottle?
 Answer Cognitive Thinking Puzzles

• A man was born before his father, killed his mother and married his
sister…
• Simply push the cork into the bottle and shake the coin out.

• How is this possible?

Answer Cognitive Thinking Puzzles

• His father was present during the birth

• His mother died giving birth to him • A man witnesses a murder and does not report it. He has no
involvement with the murder. Why doesn’t he report it?
• He became a clergy man and preformed the marriage ceremony of
his sister.
 Answer Cognitive Thinking Puzzles
• A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to
the boy, “If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you
have to give me %50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50.”

• The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no

• The man wrote down “your exact weight” on the piece of paper…
matter what the carny writes he’ll just say he weighs more or less.

• In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50.

• How did the man win the bet?

Answer

• A group of crows is called a murder.