Chunking technique

The Chunking technique has become popular over time as a result of its efficient method for methodologically organizing the student's work. As a tool, it is designed to be useful in the processes of study and homework fulfillment, it is in line with the basic rationale of creating organized structures for work, an aspect that is always emphasized when it comes to enhancing the effectiveness and utilization of work time.

Taking into account the importance of this topic for all those who have to face high teaching workloads and intense study days, we propose the following guide, where we will outline the basic aspects that distinguish this technique from others, so that you can take advantage of it in your study days.

What does it consist of?

The Chunking technique is based on the organization and grouping of information. It is based on the thesis that human memory is inefficient and tends to fail in moments of high pressure, which is why the Chunking technique deals with the overcoming or appeasement of these limitations by grouping and creating logical structures and patterns that are easy to remember.

This allows us to store a greater amount of information in our brain in a structured way, optimizing the relationship of concepts and facilitating the use of this.

Efficiency

Our brain is programmed to find familiar patterns, which offer less resistance and are friendlier to process. This explains why we tend to see faces on walls or random structures, as well as clouds, where we find shapes that are molded by our own brain.

It is here where lies the efficiency of the Chunking technique, which facilitates the processes of memorization, organization and transmission of information, as it can be applied from two sides, one is that in which the student seeks to assimilate a high load of content and structure them logically, and the other is that in which the student himself intends to transmit that content, to ensure that the information is correctly received. It is a method that optimizes the movement and storage of knowledge.

Application

Although there are many applications in which we can use the Chunking technique, we will illustrate it with clear examples to make it easier to understand. If you want to learn a new language such as English, you will have to memorize a large list of words to incorporate them into your vocabulary.

To do this, you can group them by their phonetics or ending, making it easier to remember them and make logical connections between them. It happens in a similar way with the Spanish language, when we learn it we are taught the concepts in small logical groupings, from the types of sentences, the structures, prepositions, conjunctions, etc. Grouping is the most used learning technique in teaching, what happens is that sometimes we fail to understand how we have learned the most basic issues and extrapolate these same methods to other more complex topics.

From biology it would seem crazy to want to memorize the name of all land animals, however biologists have mastered a great variety of these animals, not only their names, but their main characteristics and distinctive features. This is because they group them in reference to their similarities. Similarly with history, historical facts are grouped into stages, periods and geographical regions to make the information have a logical sequence and order.

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