We all believe we’re providing meaningful learning experiences for students, but if we don’t have a clear understanding of the student’s memory of the actual experience, and we don’t have a clear understanding of their prior memories and the impact of those on their current perception, and we’re not doing anything strategic to help them make an accurate memory of the current experience, we’re providing more of a random experience than a meaningful experience, and only by chance or by excessive repetition would the experience make a difference the next time…
Also see the following two articles:
Relationship Between Mood, Memory, Perception and Behavior
The Role of Memory in the Manifestation of Behavior
direct link: Important Things About Memory
