Sequence ordering is a tool with which to scaffold an exponentially large set of symbolic referents which may then be ‘mapped onto’ an equally large number of thoughts, feelings and experiences, which may then be distinguished between, and conveyed to others through our use of the vocabulary and language which one may make available to them.
The learning objective for this module is to enhance each student’s ability to recognise, encode, and generate sequences of significant symbols, objects and events, in ways which enhance memory whilst also reducing their cognitive workload. Students will learn to identify and make use of the differences between arbitrary and ‘naturally’ ordered sequences, whilst developing the means to construct time- and energy-efficient hierarchically organised sequence embedding when set-sizes become too large to handle ‘in-the-head’ when relying upon short-term memory alone.