Organization of material into long-term memory involves sorting, relating, arranging, and grouping information so that it can be remembered. It is important to note that most students have more trouble remembering than they do learning. Therefore, the effective teacher will help the memory process by introducing the student to various organizational techniques. Sorting material by logic and rules will help most students in synthesis problems. For example, spelling is based on remembering rules, exceptions, and language.
Research indicates that spelling errors happen at a patterned rate.
This list of commonly misspelled words would be of great usefulness to an English or Spelling teacher. Chunking is another useful organizational device. A good example of chunking is a telephone number. Chunking will help students in every subject area to recall information more readily. If great teaching is effecting intended learning outcomes, then learning is achieving those intended outcomes.