Module 6

http://education.calumet.purdue.edu/vockell/edPsybook/Edpsy6/edpsy6_working.htm

The source I found for Module 6 is a website that introduces memory and information processing.  This website is built for the Educational Psychology course at Purdue University.  In that course, they explained the essential elements under this topic, including general introduction to information processing, sensory register, working memory, long-term memory, recalling information, forgetting and transfer of learning.   They discussed working memory instead of short term memory.  As we learned from Dr. Usher’s slides, working memory and short term memory are two different types of memory.  They also provided self-check quizzes for each part, so that we can practice and retrieval the information we learned.  I view this website as both a learning resource and a practical example of memory and information processing.  We can choose the topic we are interesting to read and learn, then we can take the test right after our reading or after several days.  During this procedure, we can experience the steps of information processing: information input, sensory register,  short term memory, long term memory and retrieval.