Chunking Strategies
 
 

 

Principle: All information should be presented in small digestible units

George A. Miller wrote a famous paper in 1956, The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on our Capacity for Processing Information. The concept Chunking became popular ever since.

1. Reorganizing: Reorganize concepts and facts based on their logical relationships, e.g., 717-477-1234

2. Connecting: Make connections to similar or opposite concepts, facts, or principles.

  How can I remember the 10 themes of social studies by applying the chunking strategy?