Editing Visual memory (section)

== Visual memory in education ==
"We do not store and retrieve words based on visual memory." "Our phonological filing system is the basis for word memory/word recognition." -Dr. Kilpatrick (Equipped for Reading Success).

Visual memory, in an [[Academia|academic]] environment, entails work with pictures, symbols, numbers, letters, and especially words. Students must be able to look at a word, form an image of that word in their minds and be able to recall the appearance of the word later. When teachers introduce a new vocabulary word, generally they write it on the [[chalkboard]], have the children spell it, read it and then use it in a sentence. The word is then erased from the chalkboard. Students with good visual memory will recognize that same word later in their readers or other texts and will be able to recall the appearance of the word to spell it.<ref name="Marr">{{cite book |last1=Cusimano |first1=Addie |chapter=Visual Memory and Beyond |pages=26–39 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Il510IyaZlYC&pg=PA26 |title=Learning Disabilities: there is a Cure |date=2001 |publisher=Learning Disabilities |isbn=978-0-615-12053-9 }}{{rs|date=June 2021}}</ref>

[[Child]]ren who have not developed their visual memory skills cannot readily reproduce a sequence of visual stimuli. They frequently experience difficulty in remembering the overall visual appearance of words or the letter sequence of words for reading and spelling.<ref name="Marr"/>