The impact of using Memrise on student perceptions of learning Latin vocabulary and on long-term memory of words

During my PGCE I had a class of eight students in Year 11 studying for the OCR GCSE in Latin who had to master knowledge of 475 words for their exams. Their recent unseen translations demonstrated weak performances due to poor vocabulary knowledge. On interviewing the students, most lacked a systematic approach to learning vocabulary. Since the end-goal of studying Latin today is more often the reading of ancient texts, the requirements for vocabulary learning differs from that of other languages. Composing sentences in Latin is an increasingly rare skill too. Thus by rarely needing to produce Latin, students have no means of actively practising the language. Whilst students often find learning vocabulary arduous, I found that with Latin students find it particularly difficult to retain knowledge. In the school the GCSE Latin lessons are teacher-led and mostly involve the dissemination of information for the students to record and process. The pressure of covering the exam syllabus and difficulty of integrating vocabulary activities into this class led me to the possible solution presented by Memrise.

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NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES AT PATIENTS FROM OCCUPATIONAL NOISE-INDUCED HEARING LOSS

Hygiene and Sanitation ◽

10.18821/0016-9900-2019-98-10-1068-1073 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 98 (10) ◽

pp. 1068-1073

Author(s):

Oksana I. Shevchenko ◽

D. V. Rusanova ◽

O. L. Lakhman

Keyword(s):

Latent Period ◽

Cognitive Activity ◽

Functional Condition ◽

Long Term Memory ◽

Term Memory ◽

Diagnostic Signs ◽

Constant Potential ◽

Definition Of ◽

The Impact

Introduction. Issues of studying the central origins and development of оccupational pathology in the faces of flight personnel define a need for the application of neurophysiological and neuropsychological methods of research. Material and methods. The levels of constant potential (LCP), characteristics the somatosensory caused potentials (SSVP), neuropsychological features in 95 patients with оccupational neurosensory deafness (ONSD) and 35 cases in a group of comparison are studied. Methods of the statistical analysis with a definition of W-of criterion of Shapiro-Uilka, Mann-Whitney›s U-criterion, coefficient of correlation of Spirmen, the discriminant analysis are applied. Results. in ONSD at patients the quantity of cases with the increased values of average LCP were established to prevail significantly in comparison with those in patients of a group of comparison (39% and 13% respectively, р = 0.03), strengthening of neuropower exchange in right and left frontal, central, left central, left parietal, right temporal assignments, increase in duration of the latent period of N18, N30 components are registered (р < 0.05). The condition of the cognitive sphere was characterized by the easily expressed violations of functions of analytical and synthetic thinking, оral-aural memory, visual, long-term memory, reciprocal coordination, impressive speech. Correlation connection between the index of N13-N20 and indices characterizing a condition of long-term memory, reciprocal coordination, the expressional speech is established (rs=0.45; 0.28; 0.28 at р =0.008; 0.04; 0.03 respectively), an index the between hemispheres of the relations Fd-Fs and latency of P25 and N30 (rs = 0.53 and 0.29 at р =0.009; 0.02 respectively). Diagnostic signs of brain deficiency at patients with ONSD were indices of visual gnosis, reciprocal coordination, LCP in right central, central parietal assignments of a brain, duration of the latent period of N30, N18-N20 (F=9.14; 5.43; 6.08; 4.41 4.77; 4.34 respectively). Conclusions. Violations of power metabolism in the frontal and central and parietal and temporal assignments of a brain, a functional condition of the central carrying-out structures, disorganization of cognitive activity were established to be a consequence of the impact of aviation noise and the reason of brain deficiency.

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The Impact of Emotion on Musical Long-Term Memory

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02110 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

Author(s):

Clémence Nineuil ◽

Delphine Dellacherie ◽

Séverine Samson

Keyword(s):

Long Term Memory ◽

Term Memory ◽

The Impact

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Memory in multiple sclerosis: Contextual encoding deficits

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society ◽

10.1017/s1355617702813200 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 395-409 ◽

Cited By ~ 53

Author(s):

ALLEN E. THORNTON ◽

NAFTALI RAZ ◽

KAREN A. TUCKER

Keyword(s):

Multiple Sclerosis ◽

Semantic Network ◽

Contextual Information ◽

Long Term Memory ◽

Term Memory ◽

Encoding Specificity ◽

The Impact ◽

Selective Impairment ◽

Encoding And Retrieval

Long-term memory (LTM) is one of the diverse cognitive functions adversely affected by multiple sclerosis (MS). The LTM deficits have often been attributed to failure of retrieval, whereas encoding processes are presumed intact. However, support for this view comes primarily from studies in which encoding and retrieval operations were not investigated systematically. In the current study, we used an encoding specificity paradigm to examine the robustness of encoding in MS and to specifically evaluate the impact of the disease on contextual memory. We hypothesized that persons with MS would exhibit a selective impairment in retrieving items from LTM when required to generate new cue-target associations at encoding, but not when cues held a strong preexisting relationship to the targets. The findings supported the hypotheses. We conclude that the mnemonic deficits associated with MS affect both encoding and retrieval. Specifically, problems with binding of contextual information at encoding impair effective retrieval of memories. Nonetheless, access to these memories can be gained through preexisting associations organized in the semantic network. (JINS, 2002, 8, 395–409.)

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