2. Question?
Do people remember better when they
hear something or when they see
something?
What do you SEE? What do you HEAR?
Movies Music
Books Talking
3. Hypothesis
I think people will remember something
they hear better than something they see.
I think I remember better when I hear
something.
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4. Design to Test Visual Memory
First
I showed a 7 digit number to
someone for 30 seconds.
Next they sang the ABC’s.
Then they told me as many numbers as
they could remember.
5. Design to Test Auditory
Memory
First
I repeated a 7 digit number to
someone 3 times slowly.
Next they sang the ABC’s.
Then they told me as many numbers as
they could remember.
6. Analyzing Data
Number of participants with this score.
Score Seeing Hearing
0
1
2 2
3 2
4
5 2
6 2
7 8 4
7. Results… Seeing Wins!
50%
of the people remembered better
when they saw the numbers.
30% of the people did the same on both
tests.
20%
of the people remembered better
when they heard the number.
8. Conclusion
Mostpeople remembered better when
they saw something.
Iwas surprised that I remembered better
when I saw the numbers than when I
heard them.
9. Application
If
you know how you remember better
you can make learning activities that will
work better for you.