Could your students benefit from having a memory palace?
The Memory Palace is an adaptation of the ancient Greek method of loci, where students use a familiar environment to place and recall information systematically.
Above is a photograph I took in Vietnam in 2010. It will forever remain in my episodic memory.
Episodic memory is associated with personal experiences, but it's not semantic memory, which is responsible for storing concepts, rules, and facts.
While I may remember this lady's face and teeth, I cannot recall anything about the Vietnamese tradition of teeth blackening. The knowledge
An interesting read, memory fades over time so it is vital that we keep training it!