Mini-Course 9 for Teachers – Memory and MIND Strengths 5 credit hours STEM

This professional development minicourse introduces educators to the four MIND strengths—Material, Interconnected, Narrative, and Dynamic reasoning—and the memory systems that support them. Drawing on research and examples from The Dyslexic Advantage, this module helps teachers understand how episodic, semantic, working, and procedural memory operate and why many dyslexic students rely more heavily on experience-based, visual, and narrative forms of learning.

Through short lessons and video examples, teachers will see how each MIND strength appears in real-world problem solving, creativity, scientific thinking, engineering, art, storytelling, and future-oriented reasoning. The course also highlights how students naturally use these strengths in the classroom and how educators can recognize, support, and build on them more effectively.

By the end of this minicourse, teachers will have a clear understanding of:

• The major memory systems and how they shape learning
• How dyslexic learners use episodic memory to support the MIND strengths
• Practical examples of Material, Interconnected, Narrative, and Dynamic reasoning
• How to design learning activities that reflect students’ thinking strengths

This course is ideal for teachers looking to deepen their understanding of dyslexic cognition and gain practical strategies for supporting different ways of learning. To pass this course, students must score 80% correct on a 30 question multiple choice quiz (and reflection essay).