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Information that is presented in a relevant context where patterns, connections and meaning are related is more likely to be chunked together.
For example, proficient readers use a minimum of working memory capacity, or m-space, because they see letters and letter clusters as whole words. The recognition of a word by very rapid and correct visual recognition of patterns of letters that then initiate the brain to search for a correct match with a word stored in long term memory. The process of chunking facilitates retention of the meanings of strings of words in the reader’s mind. (Bill Honig, Teaching Our Children to Read, Corwin Press.)
