Necessity of Varying the Educational Materials and The Importance of Working Memory

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As a teacher, a person is undoubtedly aware of the necessity of varying the educational materials. Admittedly, it has been known that multiple individuals study in different ways for a long time. Visual learning resources, in general, can have a significant effect on how people recall information (Newton & Nation, 2020). Visuals are more concrete and simpler to remember than words, which can be vague and difficult to remember. Plus, material that is visually displaced is far more interesting! Class displays and presentations are not the only visual learners for learning available. Documents such as student status reports, instructional plans, and scholarly articles can also be aesthetically improved.
Numerous essential design aspects may be discovered from these descriptions despite the diverse definitions. These characteristics include: The necessity of focusing on content is emphasized in all three concepts. This parameter backs up the idea that the basis of language use is delivering an intended message. Some interpretations place a premium on using real-world activities and tasks analogous to genuine task behavior (Newton & Nation, 2020). Completing real-world tasks needs the usage of formal language to meet them. Performing a task frequently entails setting a purpose or a goal and aim at arriving at a result of a finished product. Another interpretation, on the other hand, focuses on the classroom and emphasizes that task completion may require the use of a skill or a set of abilities.
Working memory is a limited scope memory that allows people to memorize for a short time while executing mental processes on it. The phonological loop, central executive, episodic buffer, and visuospatial sketchpad are all working memory elements. Understanding, acquiring knowledge, and comprehension all require working memory (Newton & Nation, 2020). According to working memory concepts, ...