{"id":505,"date":"2019-08-20T12:22:46","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T16:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/?page_id=505"},"modified":"2025-07-15T10:58:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T14:58:22","slug":"support-for-memory-impairments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/faculty-and-instructors\/resource-guides\/support-for-memory-impairments\/","title":{"rendered":"Support for Memory Impairments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Support for Memory Impairments\n <\/h1>\n \n \n \n\n

Memory, including the acquisition, storage, and retrieval of information, involves a complex set of cognitive processes and neurological structures.  Some students registered with the PMC have disability-related functional impairments that directly affect memory. At university, students must learn and retrieve significantly more information at a higher level of complexity and detail than they have in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

The general purpose of all academic accommodations is to increase the likelihood that the performance of students reflects their knowledge and ability, rather than the functional impact of their disability, without jeopardizing essential course requirements<\/a> or providing an unfair advantage.  Memory Aids are a rare accommodation for students whose disabilities clearly impact on the ability to retrieve information that they have learned during tests and exams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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\n \n 1.\n <\/span>\n\n \n Memory Aids\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n
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\n \n 1.1\n <\/span>\n\n \n Cueing Sheets and Computational Formula Sheets\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n 1.2\n <\/span>\n\n \n Computational Formula Sheets\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n 2.\n <\/span>\n\n \n Memory Aids: Process\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n
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\n \n 2.1\n <\/span>\n\n \n PMC Coordinator\u2019s Role\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n 2.2\n <\/span>\n\n \n Student\u2019s Role\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n 2.3\n <\/span>\n\n \n Instructor\u2019s Role\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Memory Aids<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cueing Sheets and Computational Formula Sheets<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cueing Sheets are not cheat sheets; with facts copied down for the student to refer to during tests or exams.  They contain retrieval cues that the student has developed over time from their course material to assist in the recall of previously learned information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Features of a Cueing Sheet<\/h4>\n\n\n\n