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Memory TechniquesAcronyms, acrostics, charting, visual emphasis, visualization, association, word linking, story linking, rehearsal
Acrostics and Acronyms
Make a sentence› Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally(Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiply, Divide,
Addition, Subtraction)
PEMDAS
ROY G. BIV
Charting
Works well when you need to learn and compare characteristics.
Blooded Breathing
Reproduction
fish cold gills external
amphibians cold gills, lungs external
reptiles cold lungs external
birds warm lungs external
mammals warm lungs internal
Visual Emphasis
Highlight, circle, box, or color portions of information to emphasize the key parts or parts that are difficult for you to learn.
EX: Green plants combine WATER and CARBON DIOXIDE and ENERGY from sunlight TO MAKE FOOD.
Visualization of Textbook Pages
Close your eyes and form a picture of the textbook page in your mind.
Visualize the heading, bold face print, italics and general format of information to remind you of the sequence of ideas
Visualizing Vocabulary
Look at the word you are trying memorize
Is there a part that looks or sounds familiar to you?
What can you see when you think about this word?
Use that association to draw (or imagine) a silly picture
Then make your picture do something that directly relates to the meaning of the word
EX: Inclination (a liking or leaning toward) “inclined nation”
Using Association
When you need to memorize separate facts, find a way to associate them in a phrase, a sentence, a rhyme or a story
Hartford, Connecticut
Word Linking
Use word associations that link one idea to the next.
Inert elements on the Periodic Table: Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon, Radon
Big balloon(Helium) holding a wildly colored sign (Neon) next to the state of Oregon (Argon), next to Superman holding kryptonite (Krypton) while fueling at Exxon (Xenon), then the pump gets zapped by a huge red ray gun (Radon)
Story Linking
If the information you need to learn is just too long, don’t try to learn it all at once. Break up the information to be learned into smaller chunks and then link them together in a story.
To memorize the 1st ten presidents… When Washington cut down the cherry tree, he also cut his Adams apple. Blood gushed all over his son Jeff (Jefferson). Jeff was Mad (Madison)at the Money (Monroe) fixing another Adams apple would cost…. Etc.
Memorizing By Rehearsal
Just as an actor rehearses her lines for a play until she knows them well enough to perform, a student rehearses information for a test until she knows it well enough to perform.
Rehearse information to be remembers using your strongest learning style!
Auditory Learners
You remember it better when you hear it:› Repeat the information to be memorized
out loud› Use a tape recorder to listen later for
reinforcement
Visual Learners
Remember better what you see› Read the information› Visual associations› Drawing pictures
Kinesthetic Learner
You remember better when you can do something› Jot down brief notes› Outlining, mind-mapping or 2 column
notes› Drawing pictures› Use objects that symbolize the information
Combination Learners
Remember better by combining 2 or more of the strategies
Rehearse by choosing the combination of strategies that works best for you.
The content of the information will determine your strategies.