Methodology for the study of logical and mechanical memory. Methodology "Study of logical and mechanical memory" in younger students. Methodology for studying attention
Memory- This is a cognitive (gnostic) function that allows you to accumulate perceived information. It manifests itself in the form of abilities (functions) to record, retain and reproduce information (fixation, retention and reproduction).
There are a number of types of memory (remembering).
short term memory characterized by the fact that a large amount of constantly incoming information is imprinted in memory for a short time, after which this information is lost or deposited in long-term memory.
long term memory associated with the selective preservation of the most significant information for the subject for a long time.
RAM- its volume is made up of current information at the current moment.
mechanical memory- the ability to remember information as it is, without the formation of logical connections. This type of memory is not the basis of intellect, so names, titles, numbers are usually remembered.
Associative memory- memorization occurs with the formation of logical connections, analogies between individual concepts. When memorizing, information is compared, generalized, analyzed, systematized. Associative memory is better developed in men.
Formed after 9-10 years as the basis of learning ability. The physiological decline of this type of memory is noted much later than the mechanical one.
According to analyzers, memory is divided into visual, auditory, muscle (motor), olfactory, gustatory, tactile and emotional.
Most people have more developed visual memory. Mechanical memory takes longer to form, but it is also the most stable (for example, during rehearsals, musicians form a mechanical memory for subtle, precise movements).
The memory function depends on the presence of a goal, emotional attitude, number of repetitions, degree of clarity of consciousness, concentration of attention, time of day (individually).
According to Ribot's law of memory, it is easier to forget information without semantic content, for example, after watching a movie, individual names of characters are usually quickly forgotten, but the plot of events, the content is remembered for a long time. Recent events are also easier to forget, and long-past ones, if remembered, last longer. For example, patients with senile dementia do not remember what happened a minute ago, but they perfectly remember the events of their youth, bygone years.
Edeic memory (figurative)- remembering and reproducing, they use images, not verbal characteristics.
Memory disorders by type are divided into quantitative - dysmnesia (hypermnesia, hypomnesia, amnesia) and qualitative - the so-called paramnesia (pseudo-reminiscences, confabulations, cryptomnesia).
Hypermnesia- revival of memory, increasing the ability to recall long-forgotten, not currently relevant events. This state is combined with a weakening of the memorization of current information.
Hypermnesia also includes a paradoxical increase in the ability to remember.
Thinking
1. Method "Simple analogies"
Target: study of logic and flexibility of thinking.
Equipment: a form in which two rows of words are printed according to the model.
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a) be silent, b) crawl, c) make noise, d) call, e) stable |
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2. Steam locomotive |
a) groom b) horse c) oats d) cart e) stable |
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a) head, b) glasses, c) tears, d) eyesight, e) nose |
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a) forest, b) sheep, c) hunter, d) flock, e) predator |
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Maths a) a book, b) a table, c) a desk, d) notebooks, e) chalk |
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a) gardener b) fence c) apples d) garden e) leaves |
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Library a) shelves b) books c) reader d) librarian e) watchman |
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8. Steamboat jetty |
a) rails, b) station, c) land, d) passenger, e) sleepers |
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9. Currant |
Pot a) stove, b) soup, c) spoon, d) dishes, e) cook |
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10. Illness |
Television a) turn on, b) install, c) repair, d) apartment, e) master |
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Stairs a) residents, b) steps, c) stone, |
Research order. The student studies a pair of words placed on the left, establishing a logical connection between them, and then, by analogy, builds a pair on the right, choosing the desired concept from the proposed ones. If the student cannot understand how this is done, one pair of words can be disassembled with him.
Processing and analysis of results. Eight to ten correct answers testify to a high level of thinking logic, 6-7 answers to a good one, 4-5 to a sufficient one, and less than 5 to a low level. (The norms are given for children of primary school age).
2. Technique "Exclusion of superfluous"
Target: the study of the ability to generalize. Equipment: sheet with twelve rows of words like:
1. Lamp, lantern, sun, candle.
2. Boots, boots, laces, felt boots.
3. Dog, horse, cow, elk.
4. Table, chair, floor, bed.
5. Sweet, bitter, sour, hot.
6. Glasses, eyes, nose, ears.
7. Tractor, harvester, car, sled.
8. Moscow, Kyiv, Volga, Minsk.
9. Noise, whistle, thunder, hail.
10. Soup, jelly, saucepan, potatoes.
11. Birch, pine, oak, rose.
12. Apricot, peach, tomato, orange.
Research order. The student needs to find in each row of words one that does not fit, is superfluous, and explain why.
Processing and analysis of results.
1. Determine the number of correct answers (highlighting an extra word).
2. Determine how many rows are summarized using two generic concepts (an extra "pan" is dishes, and the rest is food).
3. Find out how many series are generalized using one generic concept.
4. Determine what mistakes were made, especially in terms of using non-essential properties (colors, sizes, etc.) to generalize.
The key to evaluating results. High level - 7-12 rows summarized with generic concepts; good - 5-6 rows with two, and the rest with one; medium - 7-12 rows with one generic concept; low - 1-6 rows with one generic concept, (norms are given for children of primary school age).
Memory Diagnostic Techniques
1. Methodology "Studying the state of memory"
The subject is called 10 words that he must reproduce.
Instruction.BUT) " Now I will say the words, and you repeat them as much as you can, in any order." Words are read clearly, slowly .
B) “Now I will name the same words, you will listen to them and repeat them - both those that have already been named and those that you remember now. name words can be in any order.
The experiment then continues without instructions. Before the nextrepetitions simply say "One more time." After 5-6 times repetitionwords, the experimenter says to the subject: "In an hour, call these words again." At each stage of the study, a protocol is filled out,named words are marked. If the subject named an extra word, itfixed. An hour later, at the request of the researcher, the subject reproduces the memorized words without preliminary reading,which are recorded in the protocol in circles.
number | choir | stone | mushroom | movie | umbrella | sea | bumblebee | lamp | lynx |
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Profile "Memorization Curve"
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Interpretation of results. The graph shows the number of words memorized by the subject in each series of the experiment. By shapethis memory curve, one can make assumptions about memory features. So, in healthy people, with each reproduction, the number of correctly named words increases, weakened reproduce less, can get stuck on "extra" words.The memory curve may indicate a weakening of attention, a pronouncedfatigue. The zigzag nature of the curve may indicateinstability of attention. A subject with normal memory usuallythe third repetition reproduces 9 or 10 words.
The number of words held and played back an hour later,indicates the level of long-term memory.
2. Methodology "Determination of the coefficient of logical and mechanical memory"
The technique is used to determine the level of development of the logical andmechanical memory. A special coefficient is introduced - K. K1 - coefficient of logical memory, K2 - coefficient of mechanical memory. The coefficients K1 and K2 are in the range from 0, when the child did not remember a single word, to 1, when the child completed the task completely.
Research procedure: 10 pairs are read to the childwords of task 1 (interval between a pair of 5 seconds). After a 10 second break, the left words of the row are read (with an interval of 15 seconds), and the child writes down the remembered words of the right half of the row.
Similar work is carried out with the words of task 2.
Words for task 2:
Beetle - armchair
Fish - fire
Spit - sister
Hat - bee
Boots - samovar
Fly agaric - sofa
Compass - glue
Decanter - take
Match - shoes
Grater - goes
Processing of results.
Logical memory size: K1 \u003d B1 / A1,
where K1 is the coefficient of logical memory,
B1 - the number of memorized words from the first row,
A1 - quantity words of the first row.
Similarly, K2 is calculated - amount of mechanical memory, determined by
2nd task.
Methods for diagnosing thinking
1. Methodology "Identification of essential features"
The technique reveals the ability of the subject to separate the essential features of objects or phenomena from non-essential, secondary ones. In addition, the presence of a number of tasks that are identical in the nature of their performance makes it possible to judge the sequence of reasoning of the subject.
Instruction. “In each line you will find one word before the bracketsand five words in brackets. All the words in brackets have something to do with the word before the brackets. Select in each line only two words in brackets, which indicate what the given object (the word before the brackets) always has, without which it does not exist.
1. Garden (plants, gardener, dog, fence, earth).
2. River (shore, fish, angler, mud, water).
3. City (car, building, crowd, street, bike).
4. Cube (corners, drawing, side, stone, wood).
5. Barn (hayloft, horse, roof, livestock, hay).
6. Division (class, dividend, pencil, divider, paper).
7. Ring (diameter, diamond, hallmark, roundness, seal).
8. Reading (chapter, book, picture, seal, word).
9. Newspaper (pravda, supplement, telegrams, paper, editor).
10. Game (map, players, rules, punishments, fines).
11. War (aircraft, guns, battles, guns, soldiers).
12. Book (drawings, war, paper, love, text).
14. Earthquake (fire, ground vibrations, death, flood, noise).
15. Library (city, books, lecture, music, reader).
2. Methodology "Regularities of the number series"
The technique evaluates the logical aspect of thinking.
Instruction.“You must find patterns in the construction of seven numericalrows and write the missing numbers. Run time - 5 minutes.The technique can be used from the age of 14. Evaluation is based on the numbercorrectly written numbers.
1) 24, 21, 19, 18, 15, 13, -, -, 7.
2) 1, 4, 9, 16, -, -, 49, 64, 81, 100.
3) 16, 17, 15, 18, 14, 19, -, -.
4) 1, 3, 6, 8, 16, 18, -, -, 76, 78.
5)7, 26, 19; 5, 21, 16; 9, -, 4.
6) 2, 4, 8,10, 20, 22, -, -, 92, 94.
7) 24, 22, 19, 15, -, -.
Answers: 1) 12, 6) 44, 4.
3. Method "Complex analogies"
The technique is used to assess logical thinking.Instruction."Let's consider the nature of the relationship between words innumbered pairs:
1. Sheep - flock (part - whole).
2. Raspberry - berry (genus species).
3. Sea - ocean (quantity turns into quality).
4. Light - darkness (opposition).
5. Poisoning - death (cause and investigation).
6. Enemy - enemy (identity).
Now your task is to determine the nature of the connection between the words in other pairs. You will work like this: read a pair, think about the principle of connection between words and indicate the number of the pairfrom the top list with a similar nature of connection.
Fright - Escape 1 23456
Physics - science 1 23456
Right - right 1 23456
Bed garden 1 23456
couple - two 1 23456
Word - phrase 1 23456
Cheerful - sluggish 1 23456
Freedom - will 1 23456
Country - city 1 23456
Praise - abuse 1 23456
Revenge - arson 1 23456
Ten - number 1 23456
cry - roar 1 23456
Chapter - novel 1 23456
Peace - breath 1 23456
Courage is heroism 1 23456
Coolness - frost 1 23456
Deception - mistrust 1 23456
Singing is an art 1 23456
Bedside table - cabinet 1 23456
Most of the wrong answers in this question are related toinsufficient knowledge of formal-logical operations.Qualitative error analysis is the starting point forcompiling an individual correctional conversation. It is important to discussthe nature of the connection in some pairs of words that causeddifficulties, to reveal the mechanisms of logicalthinking with the aim of their full awareness and conscious, and not spontaneous use at work.
Methodology. Studying the properties of attention
The essence of the proofreading test is that the subject is given a form with a set of letters or other characters written in a line; offered for a certain period of time look through all the signs in each line, crossing out those of them that were previously indicated by the experimenter using the proposed methods. As a result of the experiment, the following data are obtained: the amount of material viewed, measured either in lines or in individual characters (letters); number of missing letters, number wrong crossed out letters. In essence, these data characterize a measure of productivity and a measure of the accuracy of the work of the subject. Based on them, a generalized assessment of his work is derived.
Work Accuracy Index BUT calculated by the formula: A=K/K+O, where To- the quantity is correct strikethrough marks; O- the number of missed. If the subject does not allow a single pass, then this indicator is equal to one, in the presence of errors it always less than one.
The performance indicator, or productivity, of work E is calculated by the formula E \u003d C * A, where FROM- the number of all viewed characters. It characterizes not only pure productivity - correctly perceived signs from among those viewed, but also has some prognostic value. For example, if within 5 minutes the subject looked through 1500 characters in and correctly rated 1350 of them, then with a certain probability it is possible to predict his productivity for a longer time.
Task completion
The experiment consists of two series: it can be carried out collectively. There should be a 5 minute break between episodes. In each series, the subject crosses out and circles the defined letters in the given ways. In order to take into account the dynamics of work productivity for every minute (it is possible for 30 seconds: this is how the research is carried out faster), the experimenter after every minute (or every 30 seconds) says the word “line”. In the first series, the subject must mark with a vertical line on the line of the table the place that corresponded to the moment the experimenter pronounced the word "line", and continue to work further. The end of a series is also marked with a vertical bar. Each series uses a new form. In the second series of experiments, the subject will cross out the letters simultaneously with the presentation of sounds.
Instruction 1 to the subject for the first series: “Looking from left to right on each line of the correction table, cross out the letters With a dash / and To a dash \ and circle the letter A. After the experimenter pronounces the word "line", put a vertical line on the line and continue work.
In the second series, along with crossing out the same letters, the subject must count the sounds (you can strike, for example, with a pen on the table). At the same time, after the word "line", the subject, in addition to the vertical line, writes down the number of sounds perceived by him nearby and continues to work further.
Instruction 2 to the subject for the second series: “Looking from left to right on each line of the table, cross out or circle the same letters and in the same ways as in the first series. Count the sounds at the same time. As soon as the experimenter pronounces the word "line", put a vertical line, and next to it indicate the number of perceived sounds and continue the robot.
Results processing
In each series, determine the productivity of work by minutes (30 seconds, i.e., by minimum intervals) and in general for the series, i.e., count the number of letters viewed FROM, the number of correctly crossed out letters To and number of errors O. An error is the omission of those letters that should be crossed out, as well as incorrect strikethrough. Record the results of this processing in a table.
Summary table of results by series
series | 1st minute | 2nd minute | 3rd minute | 4th minute | 5th minute |
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Summary table of indicators E and A by series
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The discussion of the results
Based on a comparative analysis of the quantitative indicators of both series, as well as the verbal report of the subject, show:
a) the nature of the dynamics of the work of the subject in each series of experiments;
b) what is the impact on the productivity, accuracy and quality of the main activity (crossing out letters) does the simultaneous performance of another activity (counting sounds);
c) whether exercise (training) or fatigue of the subject was observed in each series of the experiment.
test questions
1. What is the essence of the methods used in the study of the distribution of attention
2. What are the ways of processing the experimental data obtained in the proofreading test
3. What is the meaning of accuracy and net performance indicators
4. What characterizes the fact of the distribution of attention and the quality of work while performing two or more activities at the same time
5. In what cases the influence of one activity on another is the least
Form for proof test
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Learning words. With the help of this technique, verbal mechanical memory is studied.
The subject is asked to remember 10 unrelated words (house, forest, bread, window, stump, table, needle, bridge, flag, honey).
After the first reading, none of the subjects, with very rare exceptions, can repeat all the words. Therefore, the reading of the words is repeated several times, until the subject reproduces at least 9 words. With a normally developed mechanical memory of a teenager of 12-14 years old, he reproduces at least 9 words after 3-4 repetitions.
An hour later, the teenager is asked to repeat the memorized words again. Thus, the strength of memorization is investigated. Within the normal range, he reproduces at least 5 - b words.
There are quite a few variations of this very simple and easy-to-use technique.
Methodology for studying the process of visual recognition. It is necessary to have 36 pictures depicting people, animals, plants, tools, etc. (pictures of the classification of objects can be used). The 12 pictures intended for the main experience should be numbered.
The subject is asked to consider these 12 pictures and memorize them, after which the main pictures are mixed with additional ones, and all 36 pictures are laid out in front of the subject. The subject must find the pictures that he has already seen. To check the accuracy of memory, you can ask the learned pictures to arrange in the order in which they were presented at the beginning of the experiment.
For adolescent children, 6-9 can be considered a sufficient number of recognized pictures. At the age of 16-18 years, the number of errors should be minimal, that is, no more than 2-3.
Method of mediated memorization. This method is intended for the study of logical memory.
The subject is read a series of words, to memorize each of which he must choose one of the pictures laid out on the table. Pictures are selected that have one or another logical connection with the presented word.
There are two versions of this technique - for the younger and for the older age.
For younger children, the following words are suggested: lunch, garden, road, field, light, clothes, night, mistake, birds, learning, chair, forest, milk, horse, mouse. They correspond to pictures that show: bread, apple, sleigh, lamp, shirt, rake, bed, tree, book, cup, bicycle, cart, knife, school building, strawberries, pencil, car, plane, sofa, closet, cow , watch, cat, house.
For the older age, the following words are offered: rain, meeting, fire, morning, fight, answer, theater, strength, meeting, grief, holiday, neighbor, detachment, game, work. Pictures: washbasin, feathers, watering can, roof with smoke from a chimney, glass, pencil, mirror, horse, telephone, letter, house, tram, flower, chair, notebook, key, shovel, table, plane, axe, electric lamp, wood , hat, rake, picture in a frame.
Choosing pictures during the experiment, the children must explain to the experimenter why they stop at this particular picture. After some time (about an hour), the child is asked to recall each of the presented words with the help of the pictures he has selected.
According to A.N. Leontiev, who developed a method of mediated memorization, adolescent children 13-14 words.
Methodology for the study of suggestibility(in the realm of memory). The given technique allows in the most general form to detect the tendency of a teenager to suggestibility. For this purpose, a picture with a simple plot and not too many depicted objects is selected and presented to the subject for one minute. Then the picture is removed, and the subject is asked questions about what he saw in the picture. Among these questions should be those that relate to objects that were not in the picture. Such questions need to be formulated in such a way that they can have an inspiring influence on a teenager, that is, you can ask not just whether, for example, the child saw a tree in the picture (if in fact there was none), but what this tree looked like.
It should be borne in mind that some children are characterized by increased suggestibility.
The analysis of the data obtained using the described method must be carried out taking into account the age of the adolescent under study.
Method for detecting visual eidetism. Sometimes the testimony of children is striking in its accuracy and abundance of reproducible details. In such cases, doubts may arise as to the credibility of the testimony of the adolescent or adolescent. However, the exceptional accuracy and completeness of reproduction can be explained by the presence of visual eidetism in a teenager, i.e. the ability for a long time to keep in the visual analyzer a trace of completed excitation in the form of a clear image.
The simplest experience for detecting visual eidetism is the following.
For 25-30 seconds, the subject is presented with a small, brightly colored picture with a lot of details on a dark background. After the exposure time has elapsed, the picture is removed, and the subject is instructed to continue looking at the dark background. If at the same time the child continues to see the missing picture (this can be checked by asking questions about the details of the picture), then he has an eidetic ability. I was asked to memorize the 20 words below, along with the serial numbers under which they appear in the list.
The answer can be considered correct only if the word is reproduced along with its serial number. For example, the reproduction of the word "Ukrainian" without indicating the number "1" is considered as an erroneous answer. 40 seconds are given to memorize 20 words. After this time, the students wrote down all the words (along with their numbers) that they could remember.
Ukrainian, 2. Economy, 3. Porridge, 4. Tattoo, 5. Neuron, 6. Love, 7. Scissors, 8. Conscience, 9. Clay, 10. Dictionary, 11. Oil, 12. Paper,
- 13. Cake, 14. Logic, 15. Socialism, 16. Verb, 17. Breakthrough, 18. Deserter
- 19. Candle, 20. Cherry
Then I calculated the productivity of memorization. To do this, the number of correctly reproduced words was substituted into the following formula:
(number of correctly reproduced words: 20) x 100 \u003d ...%
For example, if a student correctly reproduced 10 words, then the memorization productivity will be (10: 20) x 100 = 50%
Test 2: remembering numbers
The students memorized the 20 numbers below along with their serial numbers.
40 seconds were given for memorization.
After that, the teenagers were asked to write down the numbers that they remembered.
- 1.43 , 2. 57, 3. 12, 4. 33, 5. 81, 6. 72, 7. 15, 8. 44, 9. 96, 10. 7, 11. 37, 12. 18, 13. 86
- 14. 56, 15. 47, 16. 6,17. 78, 18. 61,19. 83, 20. 73
Memorization productivity was calculated by me using the formula
(number of correctly reproduced numbers: 20) x 100 = ...%
Test 3: remembering faces with first and last names
The students were asked to memorize the 10 faces shown below with their first and last names. They had 30 seconds at their disposal.
Then they were asked to turn to the end of the page, which shows the same faces, but in a different order, and their names and surnames are not indicated.
At the end, it was calculated for how many people they can give their first and last names. The answer is considered correct only if both the given name and surname are correctly named.
Memory productivity is calculated by the formula
(number of correct answers: 10) x 100 = ...%
Test 4: remembering logically related material
Now we can test the memory capabilities of students in relation to the book text. They were asked to read the text below, in which the 10 main points are in bold and numbered. They must reproduce them keeping the same sequence 1, 2, 3, ... . They had 60 seconds to memorize.
"Automata that form norms of behavior
Automata capable of analyzing the state of consciousness(1) to make long-term detailed forecasts of its development, able to develop rules of conduct(2), that is, legal and moral standards, continuously monitor and optimize their implementation - it's a mirage(3), an impossible dream or real scientific perspective(4) to which the builders of a communist society must aspire if they want to fully utilize the advantages of their system? The fact of the emergence of deontics, or the logic of norms, allows today at least talk about answering(5) to this question. Joint life of people, the relationship of their personal and public interests have always been subject to certain rules. (6). Absence such norms would make society impossible (7). Growing complexity of social relations(8), the constant expansion and deepening of ties between people in the process of building a communist society makes a solution to the problem of scientific construction of legal and moral norms(9), the creation of a rational methodology for their compilation, which is included as a component in the system of regulation of public life, urgent task of our time (10)".
After 60 seconds, students were asked to write down the main ideas of the text, taking into account their logical sequence.
Memory productivity was calculated by the formula
(number of correctly reproduced thoughts: 10) x 100 = ...%
The results of the tests performed allowed me to calculate the average memorization productivity.
I have summed up the results obtained in all four tests, and divide the sum by four.
Test 1 ... %, Test 2 ... %, Test 3 ... %, Test 4 ... %
Sum: 4 = ... %
When completing four tests, the students had the following results: 40, 60, 30 and 70%, then the average memorization productivity will be - 200: 4 = 50%
All data received was recorded in the proposed table, as a standard with which I compared my results.
Methodology for assessing operational visual memory. This type of memory is characterized by how long a student can store and use in the process of solving a problem the information that is necessary to find the right solution. The retention time of information in RAM is its main indicator. As an additional characteristic of RAM, you can use the number of errors made by students during the solution of the problem (meaning such errors that are associated with the information necessary for solving the problem that was not stored in memory).
Working visual memory and its indicators can be determined using the procedure. The student is sequentially for 15 minutes each, task cards are presented, presented in the form of six differently visual triangles. After viewing the next card, it is removed and instead of it a matrix is offered that includes 24 different triangles, among which there are 6 of those triangles that the subject has just seen, on a separate card. The task is to find and correctly indicate all 6 triangles in the matrix.
An indicator of the development of visual operative memory is the quotient of the time for solving a problem per minute by the number of errors made in the process of solving, plus one.
Errors are triangles incorrectly indicated in the matrix or those that the teenager could not find for any reason.
In practice, to obtain the indicator proceed as follows. For all four cards, the number of triangles correctly found on the matrix is determined, and their total sum is divided by 4. This is the number of correctly indicated triangles. This number is subtracted from 6. The result obtained is the average number of errors. Next, the average work time is determined by dividing the total time the child worked on all 4 cards by 4.
The end time of the subject's work on counting triangles in the general matrix is determined using the question: "Have you already found everything that you saw" after an affirmative answer, you can stop searching for triangles in the matrix. Dividing the average search time on a matrix of 6 triangles and the number of errors made allows you to get the desired indicator.
10 points - gets the subject, having a short-term memory of 8 or more units.
An analogous number of points - 10 - is received by children from 6 to 9 years old, if their memory capacity is 7-8 units.
8 points - the amount of short-term memory of a child aged 6 to 9 years is estimated, if it is actually equal to 5 or 6 units.
The same number of points is received by a teenager aged 12 and older, who has a short-term memory of 6-7 units.
- 4 points - the subject receives the amount of short-term memory, which is 4-5 units.
- 2 points - is set if the amount of short-term memory is 1-3 units.
- 0 points - the amount of short-term memory is 0-1 units.
Conclusions on the levels of development.
- 10 points - good short-term memory developed in terms of volume.
- 8 points - moderately developed short-term memory in terms of volume.
- 4 points - the level of short-term memory is not quite sufficient in terms of volume.
- 2 points - low level of short-term memory.
- 0 points - very low short-term memory.
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Methodology. Evaluation of operational auditory memory. This type of memory is defined in the following way. The subject with an interval of 1 sec. The following words are read in order.
After listening to each of the set of words, approximately 5 seconds after the end of reading the set, the subject begins to slowly read the next set of 36 words with an interval of 5 seconds between individual words.
Glass, school, fork, button, carpet, month, chair, man, sofa, cow, TV, tree, bird, sleep, bold, joke, red, swan, picture, heavy, swim, ball, warm, house, jump, notebook, coat, book, flower, phone, apple, doll, bag, horse, fly, elephant.
In this set of 36 words, the perceived words from all 4 heard sets, marked above with Roman numerals, are randomly arranged.
For their better identification, they are underlined in different ways, and each set of 6 words has its own way of underlining. So words from the first small set are underlined with a solid single line, words from the second set with a solid double line, words from the third set with a dashed single line, and finally words from the fourth set with a double dashed line.
The subject must hear by ear to find in this set those words that were just presented to him with the corresponding small set, confirming the identification of the found word "yes" and its absence - by saying "no". You have 5 seconds to search for each word. If during this time he could not identify it, then the experimenter reads out the next word and so on.
Evaluation of results. The indicator of working auditory memory is defined as the quotient of dividing the average time spent on identifying 6 words in a large set (for this, the total time the child worked on the task is divided by 4), by the average number of errors made in this case, plus one. Mistakes are all words that are indicated incorrectly, or words that the teenager could not find in the allotted time, i.e. missed.
Comment. This technique does not have standardized indicators, therefore, conclusions about the level of memory development are based on it, as well as on the basis of a similar technique for visual working memory. The indicators for these methods can only be compared in different subjects during their re-examination, making relative conclusions about how the memory of one subject differs from another, or about what changes have occurred over time in memory.
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Conclusion: Data processing shows that the memory of students is fundamentally different, these differences are the very individual features that were mentioned above. This study of the visual and auditory working memory of the subjects shows that some people are better at remembering material based on visual images. For others, auditory perception predominates and acoustic images are better for them to hear once than to see several times. More specifically, as regards the study in this group, the indicators in the method for operational auditory memorization are higher than for operational visual memorization.
In general, the operational auditory memory of this experimental group can be assessed as a highly developed auditory memory, since Most of the subjects had no difficulty finding words by ear in all four sets of words they heard. What about the benefits of auditory memorization. Although among them were those (in general, these are two people) in whom visual memorization prevails over auditory, however, this advantage is not striking, since the indicators of their operational auditory and visual memorization are approximately equal. And yet, their visual working memory is rated as good and developed in terms of its volume.
The method of "research of mediated memorization". Purpose of work: Study of the level of accessible semantic organization of memory, comparison of the productivity of direct and indirect memorization of pictograms.
Materials and equipment: 40 abstract concepts.
Method: educational modifications Yu.V. Votletova and A.R. Luria of methods for studying the level of accessible semantic organization of memory, developed by I.S. Vygodsky and A.N. Leontiev
Technique "diagnostics of mediated memory". The material needed for the technique is a sheet of paper and a pen. Before the start of the examination, the subject is offered the following words.
"Now I will call you different words and a sentence, and then pause. During this pause, you will have to draw or write something on a piece of paper that will allow you to remember and then easily remember the words that I said. Try drawings or make notes as quickly as possible, otherwise we will not have time to complete all the tasks. There are quite a lot of words and expressions that need to be remembered."
The subject is sequentially read the following words and expressions one after another.
House, stick, jump high, the sun is shining, a cheerful person, children are playing ball, the clock is standing, the boat is floating on the river, the cat is eating fish.
After reading each word or phrase to the subject, the experimenter pauses for 20 seconds. At this time, the teenager should have time to draw on this sheet of paper something that will later allow him to remember the necessary words and expressions. If in the allotted time the teenager did not have time to make a note or drawing, then the experimenter reads out the next word or expression.
Evaluation of results. For each word or phrase correctly reproduced according to their own drawing or recording, the subject receives 1 point.
Correctly reproduced are considered not only those words and phrases that are literally restored in memory, but also those that are conveyed in other words but exactly in meaning. Approximately correct reproduction is estimated at 0.5 points, and incorrect 0 points.
The maximum overall score that a teenager should or can receive in this technique is 10 points. The subject receives such an assessment when he correctly remembers everything without exception and the expression, the minimum possible score is 0 points. It corresponds to the case if a teenager could not remember a single word from his drawings and notes or did not make a drawing or a note to a single word.
For an older subject, more complex words are used that cannot be visualized, so the subject will need to use some kind of conditional drawing, looking at which he will have to remember the marked word.
For example: Biologist. Law. Turtle. Wheat. The girl is cold. The writing. Ignorance. Recognition. Warm outside. Beautiful flower
Conclusions about the level of development.
- 10 points - very highly developed mediated memory.
- 8-9 points - highly developed mediated memory.
- 4-7 points - moderately developed mediated memory.
- 2-3 points - poorly developed mediated memory.
- 0-1 point - poorly developed mediated memory.
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Conclusion: these indicators indicate that the process of meaningful, logical, memorization in its psychological structure is completely different than the process of mechanical memorization, and such high indicators testify to this, i.e. it is easier for a person to memorize material through intermediaries that include auxiliary minutes that facilitate the process of reproducing the material. Therefore, many people have a mediocre memory, and in this case, the subjects have a fairly good memory. it is closest to the process of logical thinking, only growing in that the methods of this thinking are aimed not only at assimilating the essential connections and correlations of elements, but also at making these elements available for storage in memory for a certain period of time.
Methodology. Aizenk test. This test is presented in fragments. In fact, it consists of eight subtests, five of which are intended to assess the level of general intellectual development of a person and three to assess the degree of development of his special abilities: mathematical linguistics and those that are important for technical, design, artistic and visual and other types of activity, where figurative-logical thinking is actively used.
Each of the subtests of the Aizenk test includes a series of progressively more difficult tasks, 30 minutes are allotted for solving them in each subtest. T. The total time for working on the entire test, including passing all its subtests, is 4 hours. Only if all 8 subtests are completed, it is possible to give a full assessment of both the level of a person’s general intellectual development and the degree of development of the above-mentioned special abilities.
For a practical introduction to the test. Aizenk and its use in the school psychological and pedagogical system, two of the eight subtests available in the test are selected, with the help of which the mental and mathematical abilities of the subjects were assessed.
The time allotted for the task was 30 minutes. those. in general 1 hour. During this time, you need to try to solve as many problems as possible.
The assessment of the level of development of abilities is carried out according to the total number of tasks correctly solved during this time by comparing the number of tasks solved with standard indicators, carried out further in the form of a graph. In the same place at the end of the description of both subtests, the correct answers are given.
Note: If any task is not solved quickly, you can temporarily start solving another, in the end, only the total number of tasks correctly solved in the allotted time is taken into account.
The proposed solutions - this primarily concerns the mathematical test - may differ from those given in the key, but, nevertheless, be correct if the subject manages to substantiate their validity convincingly and logically enough.
Evaluation of research results Evaluation of research results is carried out using graphs. They represent the average normative indicators according to the data of these two subtests. The norm in the strict sense of the word on each graph corresponds to an indicator equal to 100% on the vertical axis. Find, using the graph, the corresponding point on the lower axis (the number of tasks correctly solved by the subject in 30 minutes), restoring the perpendicular from it before transferring to the vertical axis, you can determine the IQ of the subject for this type of thinking. So, for example, if in the allotted 30 minutes the subject solved 16 tasks, then the indicator of the level of development of his linguistic thinking will be 130%. If for the same time the number of tasks solved by the mathematical subtest, then the indicator of the condition for the development of mathematical thinking will be equal to 115%. The norm for the linguistic subtest corresponds to 4 correctly solved problems, and in the norm for the mathematical subtest - 11 correctly solved problems.
Method N 1
Purpose: to identify the predominant type of memory.
We start by reading the words of the first row with an interval of three seconds, then the subjects write down the memorized words. Ten minutes later, we show a card with the words of the second row (for thirty seconds), write down and rest for ten minutes. We read the words of the third row aloud, and the children repeat them in a whisper and write them down. Ten minutes later, we show the cards of the fourth row, which we then read aloud. Students repeat in a whisper and "write" them in the air. Then they write it down on a piece of paper.
Method N 2
Purpose: to identify the influence of semantic connections on the memorization and reproduction of verbal material, as well as the strength of memorization in the formation of logical connections.
Equipment: ten pairs of words between which it is easy to establish verbal connections
noise-water path-road
year-month table-lunch
fork knife garden flowers
bridge-river hour-time
eye-ear snow-winter
At first, we read to the children every couple of words. The test-takers try to establish a connection between the words of the pair. Then we call only the first word of the pair, and students must reproduce the second, using the established connection.
Target: the study of logical and mechanical memory by memorizing two rows of words.
Age: 7-11 years old
Equipment: two rows of words (there is a semantic connection between the words in the first row, there is no semantic connection in the second row), a stopwatch.
First row:
§ doll - to play
§ chicken - egg
§ scissors - cut
§ horse - sleigh
§ book - teacher
§ butterfly - fly
§ snow winter
§ lamp - evening
§ brush - teeth
§ cow - milk
Second row:
§ beetle - chair
§ compass - glue
§ bell - arrow
§ tit - sister
§ watering can - tram
§ boots - samovar
§ match - decanter
§ hat - bee
§ fish - fire
§ saw - scrambled eggs
Research order. The student is told that pairs of words will be read, which he must remember. The experimenter reads to the subject ten pairs of words of the first row (the interval between the pair is five seconds). After a ten-second break, the left words of the row are read (with an interval of ten seconds), and the subject writes down the memorized words of the right half of the row. Similar work is carried out with the words of the second row.
Instruction:“I will now count ten pairs of words for you. You will need to memorize them, and then write a couple by the word. Clear?"
Processing and analysis of results. The results of the study are recorded in the following table.
Volume of semantic and mechanical memory
Attention diagnostics
I. Method of Pieron-Ruser
Purpose of the study: determine the level of concentration.
Age: 6-10 years
Material and equipment: Pieron-Rouser test form, pencil and stopwatch.
Carrying out procedure: The study can be conducted with one subject or with a group of 5-9 people. The main conditions when working with a group are to conveniently place the subjects, provide each with test forms, pencils, and monitor silence during the testing process. The experimenter during the study controls the time with a stopwatch and gives the command "Start!" and "Stop!"
The reliability of the results of the study is achieved by repeated testing, which is best done at significant intervals of time.
Test subject instructions:"You are offered a test with a square, a triangle, a circle and a rhombus depicted on it. At the "Start" signal, place the following signs in these geometric shapes as quickly as possible and without errors: in a square - plus, in a triangle - minus, in a circle - nothing put a dot in the rhombus. Arrange the signs in a row line by line. The time for work is 60 seconds. On my signal "Stop!" Stop placing the signs. "
The results of this testing are: the number of geometric shapes processed by the subject for 60 seconds, counting the circle, and the number of errors made.
The level of concentration of attention is determined by the table.
For mistakes made during the task, the rank is reduced. If there are 1-2 errors, then the rank is reduced by one, if 3-4 - by two ranks, concentration of attention is considered worse, and if there are more than 4 errors, then - by three ranks.
When analyzing the results, it is necessary to establish the reasons for these results. Among them, the installation, the willingness of the subject to follow the instructions and process the figures by placing signs in them as soon as possible, or his orientation on the accuracy of filling out the test, is of great importance. In some cases, the indicator of concentration of attention may be lower than possible due to too much desire of a person to show his abilities, to achieve the maximum result (that is, a kind of competition). The reason for the decrease in concentration can also be a state of fatigue, poor eyesight, illness.
Subject: ____________ Date _______
Experimenter: _________ Time _______
Test
II. Methodology or loto Kogan V.M.
Purpose of the study: identification of an indicator of attention: retention, distribution and switching of attention; performance features.
Age: 4.5-9 years old
Material and equipment: cards 5*5, field, stopwatch.
Carrying out procedure: The child is given a set of cards folded in random order. He must arrange them on the field in accordance with the conditions of the task. The teacher can lay out 2-3 figures for an example. Time is recorded, all errors are recorded in the protocol.
Test subject instructions:“There is a table in front of you, on it there is only one place for each card. For example, where is the place of the red triangle?
Processing and analysis of results: Children over six years of age complete the task in full, correct mistakes in the course of activities.
Field example:
III. Methodology T.E. Rybakova
Target: study of the distribution of attention
Age: 6-10 years old
Equipment: form
Carrying out procedure: the subject is offered a form consisting of alternating circles and crosses (on each line there are 7 circles and 5 crosses, a total of 42 circles and 30 crosses). The subject is asked to count aloud, without stopping (without the help of a finger), horizontally the number of circles and crosses separately. The second version is for younger children and contains drawings of animals.
Instruction: Count out loud, without stopping (without the help of your finger), horizontally the number of circles and crosses separately.
Results processing: The experimenter notices the time it takes the subject to count all the elements, fixes all the stops of the subject and those moments when he starts to lose count. Comparison of the number of stops, the number of errors, and the sequence number of the element in which the subject begins to lose count will make it possible to draw a conclusion about the level of distribution of attention in the subject.
IV. Confusion
Target: study of concentration and stability of attention
Age: 5-9 years old
Equipment: form
Carrying out procedure: The subject is given a sheet of jumbled lines and asked to trace the line from left to right to determine where it ends. You need to start from line 1. The subject must write down the number with which this line ends. Performing the task, you need to trace the line with your eyes, without using your finger or pencil, the experimenter follows this.
Instruction: Look closely at the drawing. Trace the line from left to right to determine where it ends. Name and write down the number with which this line ends
Results processing: the experimenter notes the time it takes for the subject to trace each line and for the entire task as a whole. The time to complete the entire task should not exceed five minutes. All stops in the activity of the subject and the correctness of the task are recorded.
V. Attention span research methodology
Target: determining the scope of attention
Age: 7-10 years old
Equipment: table cards
Progress: For a short time (1 sec.), the subject is presented with one of eight cards each with an image of two to nine dots. Each card is shown twice. After that, the subject notes the location of the points on a similar blank form. To play a card with 2 - 5 dots, 10 seconds are given, 6 - 7
dots - 15 seconds, 8 - 9 dots - 20 seconds.
Instruction: Look carefully at the pictures and try to remember them. Then you will need to draw the dots in the squares yourself without prompts.
Results processing: The experimenter counts the number of correctly marked points on each form and draws a conclusion about the amount of attention of the subject.
There are the following standards:
I - 3 points on two cards,
II - 4 points on two cards,
III - 6 points on two cards,
IV - 9 points on two cards,
V - 10 points on two cards,
VI - 11 points on two cards,
VII - 13 points on two cards,
VIII - 15 points on two cards,
X - 16 points on two cards.
Rank places I and II indicate a small amount of attention, III - VII - about the average, VIII and IX - about a large amount.
Perception diagnostics
