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Our project fostered the development of logical, critical, and creative thinking, as well as visualization, association, and memory in students aged 6-10 years. It developed an innovative curricul...

Our project fostered the development of logical, critical, and creative thinking, as well as visualization, association, and memory in students aged 6-10 years. It developed an innovative curriculum and new teaching methods that improved children’s internal mental processes (perception, thinking, memory, attention, language, problem-solving, and learning). In addition to directly addressing the priorities mentioned above, we set ourselves the goal of adapting our project to two important topics for the EU and the partner consortium: We aimed to make our project easy to distribute, so we decided to develop online materials following the guidelines of the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education. These materials included Bite-size learning demos designed for individuals with dyslexia, visual impairments, or those suffering from visual stress. We also aimed to make our project eco-friendly and aligned with the principles of CSR for Education. The steps planned for each project result, as well as in the preparation, management, and implementation phases, were described in more detail in the subsequent sections of the application.

Children faced increasing demands to memorize large amounts of information, which was crucial for their academic success. Students with poor attention or working memory often struggled to process information, leading to cognitive overload and difficulties meeting classroom expectations. Traditional rote learning, common in primary schools, limited cognitive development by focusing on only certain brain areas and failed to connect new knowledge with prior learning. It also reduced interest in subjects and discouraged social skills. Our approach introduced a teaching methodology designed to enhance attention, working memory, and cognitive skills. By using mnemonic strategies, mind mapping, and other memory techniques, we aimed to help students retain information more effectively, particularly benefiting those with ADHD, dyslexia, and other learning differences. Objectives: • Created a manual compiling best practices for memory techniques in the classroom. • Developed accessible training content focused on memory enhancement. • Offered a comprehensive teaching toolkit to help students unlock their learning potential. • Provided an innovative online resource to support teachers. Target groups: school teachers and students aged 6-10

Outputs: • Manual of Best practises - all world's best practices in applying memorisation techniques in the classroom were collected in an easy-to-use manual, so the teachers could start to use some practices instantly; • Training content - development of an accessible Memory training content using mnemonics, mind mapping and other techniques focused on enhancing the attention and working memory of students; • Training toolkit - development of a full teaching methodology how to help students to memorise facts and unlock their potential for learning; • Innovative and accessible Online learning resource (OER) as supporting tool for teachers; The project had a positive impact on teachers' awareness regarding the activation of working memory and how to foster the process of transferring information into students' long-term memory. It provided innovative teaching opportunities to improve children's internal mental processes. The project also positively impacted students' memorization, helping them acquire knowledge for further studies, build connections between different lessons, and develop logical, critical, and creative thinking, along with visualization, association, and memory skills.