Strategy Mnemonic single use code Content Colors of the rainbow notes on a music scale Title One Word Out Of Many Number of participants 1 Time required 10 minutes to learn the strategy and the mnemonics in the lesson Given a list of names or terms to learn 10 minutes or less to generate single usecode mnemonics and demonstrate using the mnemonic from memory Target Audience 6th and 7th grade students Goal of Activity to show how a mnemonic can be generated from the first letter of a list of words to be learned Purpose of script to model the creation of mnemonics Learning Outcomes Gagn s Taxonomy defined concepts Learning Outcomes HEO Taxonomy application Learner Characteristics 6th and 7th grade students who are performing at grade level in language arts Entry Skills Ability to access a file on a Macintosh computer ability to use a mouse Setting At a computer in any location Media Macintosh computer Process 1 Using an authoring software program present a graphic representing a rainbow then a graphic show a treble clef music scale 2 Animate converting the first letters of the colors of the rainbow and the music notes into words and sentences 3 Present additional lists and have the students generate mnemonics and demonstrate using them to learn the list e g the names of the Great Lakes with the mnemonic HOMES Ray Bland ISD 613 Fall 96 page 1 Strategy Assessment The strategy will be assessed with the following self check 1 Students are able to see how the mnemonics are constructed 2 Students are able to generate their own mnemonics 3 Students are able to use the mnemonics as memory aids Author Ray Bland Reference West C K Farmer J A Wolff P M 1991 Instructional design Implications from cognitive science Boston Allyn and Bacon Ray Bland ISD 613 Fall 96 page 2
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