EXPERT: Rick Bryck, Ph.D., Senior Director, Landmark College Institute for Research and Training (LCIRT)
Description: Working Memory (WM) is considered a fundamental executive function. It serves as a gatekeeper to information processing and thus knowledge acquisition. This session will review fundamental attributes of WM, including its limitations, connections to learning, and the related concept of “cognitive load” (i.e., how we fill WM). Differentiating between positive and negative contributions to a learning activity’s cognitive load will be discussed. An emphasis will also be placed on how to scaffold WM by providing strategies for efficient use of this limited, yet crucial, component of learning–especially for students with executive function challenges.
Learning Objectives:
Attendees will be able to take away the following from this webinar:
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In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina, the Stoney Nakoda (Chiniki, Bearspaw and Goodstoney First Nations), the Métis Nation (District 5 & 6), and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.
