The idea of “Chunking” & How to use it as device of learning.

Chunk means, a thick, solid piece of something, / divide data into separate sections

For better understanding look into following sentences

"chunk a piece of wood on the fire,

"to prepare hypertext, information is chunked into small, manageable units"

"pupils are able to chunk phrases or propositions into units"

He bit a great chunk out of the apple.

The rent takes a large chunk out of my monthly salary.

a chunk of land

I've completed a fair chunk of my article.

A chunk of the cliff had cracked off in a storm.

She cut the fruit into large chunks.

 

          The word chunk also have psychological meaning, which means, “  a unit of information retained in the memory and easily recalled”

The process of memorizing may be simply the formation of chunks, or groups of items that go together.

 “chunking” as method of learning

It’s all about, how people tend to remember things better when they learn related ideas in small chunks, rather than simply trying to crush all the details of a topic into their mind at once.

It is the capacity of the working memory and how our brain turn short-term memories into long-term ones.

Research has demonstrated that subjects tend to remember more items on a list when they relate certain items on the list with others.

If you need to remember a large amount of information in a less time, group facts together based on their characteristics or pattern in the information.

 The more times one turns the information over in our mind, the longer we will remember it.

One way the brain decides what takes priority is by paying more attention to information that it has processed multiple times.

You’re more likely to remember information from your lectures if you review what you’ve learned every day for a small amount of time everyday rather than crushing whole thing.

 Additional accessories

Exercise is the superb accessory. When you exercise, your body interprets the physical stress as you fighting or fleeing an enemy and activates your sympathetic nervous system. In response, your brain is flooded with extra blood, rich in oxygen and nutrients.

 Exercise is mandatory as stress can be a huge hindrance to focus and memory formation 

A brain structure called the hippocampus is stimulated during exercise, as per researches, the hippocampus is important for reasoning and memory. 

Language power

Synonyms of  chunk

abundance, barrel,  basketful,  boatload,  bucket,  bunch,  bundle,  
bushel,  carload, deal,  dozen, fistful,  gobs,  good deal,  
heap,  hundred,  lashings,  loads,  lot,  mass,mess,  
mountain,  much,  multiplicity,  myriad, oodles,  pack,  peck, 
 pile,  plateful, plenitude,  plenty,  pot,  potful,  
profusion,  quantity,  raft,  reams,  scads,  sheaf, shipload,  
sight,  slew,  spate,  stack,  store,  ton, truckload,  volume,  wad,  wealth,

yard


Antonyms of  chunk

ace,  bit,  dab,  dram,  driblet,  glimmer,  handful,  hint,  lick,  little,  mite,  
mouthful,  nip, ounce,  peanuts,  pinch,  pittance,  scruple,  
shade,  shadow,  smidgen, speck,  spot,  sprinkle,sprinkling,  
strain,  streak,  suspicion,  tad,  taste,  touch,  trace