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- noun psychology A strategy for making more
efficient use of short-termmemory byrecoding information. - noun writing A method of presenting information which splits concepts into small pieces or "chunks" of information to make reading and understanding faster and easier, using such methods as bulleted lists, short subheadings, or short sentences with one or two ideas per sentence.
- noun The process of reducing something to short, thick pieces of its former self, usually using a
hammer or acrowbar . - verb Present participle of
chunk .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units
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Examples
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If students have developed some proficiency with phonemes, they can begin chunking unfamiliar words.
Reading Strategies For Struggling Readers « Articles « Literacy News 2009
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This strategy - a long-time practice sometimes called "chunking" - allows underwriters to place "chunks" of shares with the investors who will pay the most.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed TELIS DEMOS 2011
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The key to responding to overwhelm is a process called chunking down which is breaking down your "everything" into small, manageable parts.
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Guards sometimes carry shields to protect themselves from being stabbed with homemade spears or pelted with excrement, urine or rotten food - rancid homemade cocktails used for attacks known as "chunking."
chron.com Chronicle 2011
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The key to responding to overwhelm is a process called chunking down which is breaking down your "everything" into small, manageable parts.
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Elizabeth Loftus, a psychology professor at the University of California, Irvine, says great memorizers employ a method she calls "chunking" the same way that chess players remember a complex series of moves like, say, the Sicilian Defense.
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I explain to the parents that most primary schools use the 'chunking' method and other cumbersome and bizarre systems for multiplying and dividing.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Overload can be reduced by grouping items/steps what Itiel calls 'chunking'.
The science of learning Clive Shepherd 2007
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Overload can be reduced by grouping items/steps what Itiel calls 'chunking'.
Archive 2007-02-01 Clive Shepherd 2007
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There aren't enough developers to create specialized content for every player; some "chunking" system is necessary to achieve economies of scale.
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Whole sequences of actions become linked, a process known as “chunking.”
Can Brain Science Help Us Break Bad Habits? Condé Nast 2019
dontcry commented on the word chunking
When using the interpreter, the primary healthcare provider should speak in short phrases in order to allow for accurate translations. This procedure is called chunking.
- Greenstone,IJEMH, 12-2
September 8, 2010