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January 6th, 2011
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What cognitive advances enable a school-age child to benefit from this memory strategy?
The Number/Rhyme Mnemonic
Remembering Simple Ordered Lists
It is an example of a peg system using - a system where information is 'pegged' to a known sequence (here the numbers one to ten) to create pegwords. By doing this you ensure that you do not forget any facts, as gaps in information are immediately obvious.
That's been around for decades. A lawyer, Bruno Furst, invented a memory course which used the imagination and a mental peg system.
Apparently it works for some, not for others.
There are some neurological challenges which can impact normal learning such as the many epilepsies, the ADHDs, (C)APD = Central Auditory Processing Disorder, etc.