Moving between levels of specificity. To chunk up means to move to the bigger picture, to chunk down would be getting to greater levels of specificity.
Changing perceptions by moving up or down levels. Chunking up is going up and looking at a level that includes what you are studying. For example, looking at the intention behind a question chunks up form that question. Chunking down is going down a level to look at more specific example or part of what you are studying. For example, the first step in formulating an outcome is to phrase it in the positive.
Chunking is the way that the brain deals with complexity. Humans short term memory can retain, at most, only about 7±2 things at one time according to George A. Miller. For more information see: Chunking.
Breaking down a chat room entry into smaller parts so that the information continues to flow and participants do not have to wait on a long drawn out message. Use an ellipsis (...) to indicate you have not finished your thought.
The process of "chunking" converts a large file into two or more smaller ones.
the human ability to group related information into short-term memory and thus increase its functional storage capacity
(psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units
A method of grouping similar information. Also a method of breaking large pieces of information into smaller, manageable pieces. See Part IX.
Changing perception by going up or down levels and/or logical levels. Chunking up refers to going up a level (inducing up, induction). It leads to higher abstractions. Chunking down refers to going a level (deducing, deduction). It leads to more specific examples or cases.
The breaking away of pieces of the tread or sidewall.
Organizing or breaking down some experience into bigger or smaller pieces. Chunking up involves moving to a larger, more abstract level of information. Chunking down involves moving to a more specific and concrete level of information. Chunking laterally involves finding other examples at the same level of information.
Splitting up long body text into smaller blocks of the same subject for easier reading.
a strategy for grouping related bits of information for easier retrieval from short or long-term memory
an extremely useful skill to understand the difference between logical levels of information. It is the grouping of information into types and sub types and assists in the development of meaning facilitating memory. Chunk size can vary, e.g. when you first learn to drive each separate process is one chunk - adjust the mirror, look behind you, start the engine, put the car in gear etc. Once you have driven for a while, driving becomes one chunk.
A process of reorganizing (or recoding) materials in memory that permits a number of items to be packed into a larger unit.
The human ability to group information into related small sets, which can then be stored in short-term memory. By keeping information in smaller pieces, the functional storage capacity of the brain is increased. Information is often presented in a chunked format to facilitate human memory, for example North American phone numbers are often grouped into the xxx-xxx-xxxx pattern. Familiarly with the information and/or rehearsal of it increases the person’s ability to remember the information.
In cognitive psychology and mnemonics, chunking refers to a strategy for making more efficient use of short-term memory by recoding information. More generally, Herbert Simon has used the term chunk to indicate long-term memory structures that can be used as units of perception and meaning, and chunking as the learning mechanisms leading to the acquisition of these chunks.
Chunking is a method of presenting information which splits concepts into small pieces or "chunks" of information to make reading and understanding faster and easier. Chunking is especially useful for material presented on the web because readers tend to scan for specific information on a web page rather than read the page sequentially.