Factors affecting Class Achievement

How do you think duration affects class achievement?

The longer the duration, the harder to recall

The duration makes no difference to a recall

The longer the duration, the better the recall

According to the Multi-Store Model of Memory, why might information not enter our long term memory store?

Lack of maintenance rehearsal

Lack of prolonged rehearsal

According to the Working Memory Model, why might information not be retained?

Information is too semantically similar

Because the person is forgetful?

Information was learnt whilst multi-tasking which used the same slave system

Which of these is NOT a slave system?

Central executive

Visuospatial sketchpad

Episodic buffer

Phonological loop

Which type of memory would be required most in an exam?

Episodic memory

Semantic memory

Procedural memory

Which of these is an example of proactive interference?

You write about something you learnt at GCSE history in your A-Level history exam

You write about something you learnt at A-Level in your AS exam

Which of these is an example of retroactive interference?

Your course specific knowledge interferes with your wider reading knowledge

The wider reading you did around your subject interferes with your course specific knowledge.

Which of these would be a good external cue to have whilst sitting an exam?

Taking the exam in the school exam hall

Taking the exam in the classroom which you learnt the information

Taking the exam on mars

Taking the exam at home

Which of these would be good internal cues to have whilst sitting the exam?

To be well rested

To be drunk

To be very emotional

To be in a good, relaxed mood

How does anxiety affect a student's performance?

It may help them boost their adrenaline

Too much may mean a student is unable to focus

Too little and the student may not perform as well

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