Psychophysical Counseling—A Tool Revealing the Individual Ability to Learn

Nikolay Petrov Takuchev

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Psychophysical Counseling—A Tool Revealing the Individual Ability to Learn

Nikolay Petrov Takuchev

Trakia University, Stara Zagora 6000, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.

*Corresponding author: Nikolay Petrov Takuchev

Published: July 26,2024

Abstract

Not all students are dealing equally successfully with educational tasks. One of the reasons is the student's lack of understanding of his/her memorial qualities in learning new knowledge. A metacognitive method is designed for psychological counseling, based on an experimental (“psycho-physical”) study of memory (Ebbinghaus). The method aims at revealing individual memory features on learning new theoretical information—the pace of memorizing and forgetting and as a result recommends a preparation time that the student should spend to achieve a desired level of preparation in the subject to be studied. Based on the data from the Ebbinghaus memory experiments, mathematical dependencies of the processes of memorization and forgetting were obtained. It was assumed that the mathematical form of the mentioned dependencies has a universal character for people. The individual specificity of these processes is reflected in the values of the parameters in the mathematical models. The models were included in the mathematical scheme of the psychophysical counseling method described. The application of the method requires the student to undergo a consultation procedure of three stages: (1) An experiment to memorize a short-written text on a topic from the subject to be studied; (2) Immediately af-ter solving a computer test of the multiple-choice type for quantitative assessment of the degree of memorization of the material of the test topic. The method uses the obtained estimate to calculate the individual parameter values in the memorization model; (3) The same computer test is repeated a week later (the student is not warned about this) to quantify the degree of forgetting. The method uses the estimate from the second test to calculate the individual parameter values in the forgetting model. Through the obtained values of the individual parameters for memorizing and forgetting, for the student's desired level of assimilation of the material to be studied, the counseling method calculates the necessary time that the student must devote to his preparation.

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Education; Ebbinghaus; Psychophysical counseling; Memorization pace; Forgetting pace

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