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Study Skills WorkshopMemory
Techniques
MemoryThe power and process of
reproducing and recalling what has been learned and retained
Types of Memory
Semantic: Words and Symbols Implicit: How to Remote: Data collected over time Working: Extremely short-term, lasting
momentarily Episodic: Recent experience
The way I learn affects how I remembered…
Visual Learners Write things down because you remember
them better Copy over your notes. Rewriting helps Use color Write vocabulary words on index cards. Use
colors
The way I learn affects how I remembered…
Auditory Learners Try studying with somebody so you can
talk and hear the information Recite out loud what you want to
remember Write vocabulary words on index cards
and review them frequently by reading them aloud
The way I learn affects how I remembered…
Haptic Learner To memorize, pace or walk around while
reciting or looking at a list
Close your eyes and write the information in the air or on a desk.
You never forget… Your brain never loses
anything Forgetting: it is either the
inability to recall stored information or the failure to store information in the first place
The things that interest you
We Remember
10% of what we read 20% of what we hear 30% of what we see 50% of what we see and hear 70% of what we say 90% of what we say and do
Process of Memory
Attention and Selection
Encoding Storage Retrieval
Attention and Selection
The first process of memory is attention. There is much more
information in your environment than you can process at any given
time. You must make choices (conscious and unconscious)
regarding what you will attend to and store in your memory
Encoding = Receiving information
How are memories formed? It refers to translating incoming
information into a mental representation that can be stored in memory
You can encode the information on a number of different ways According to sound (acoustic code) What it looks like (visual code) What it means (semantic code)
Storage = Retention of information
It is the process of holding information in your memory
Short-Term vs. Long-Term Memory Transfer from Short to Long-term
Repeating the information Practicing Thinking about it deeply (elaborate) –
drawing connections between what you are trying to remember and the other things that you are familiar to you
Retrieval = recall or recognition
It is the process of actually remembering something when you
want to
Memory Techniques
1. Learn from the general to the specific2. Make it meaningful3. Create associations4. Learn it once, actively5. Relax6. Recite and repeat
Memory Techniques
7. Create pictures - draw diagrams, mind maps- create action- make pictures vivid- turn abstract ideas into
concrete actions or images
Memory Techniques
8. Write it down (outline, 3x5 cards, summary)9. Reduce interference10. Over learn11. Escape the short-term memory trap12. Use daylight13. Distribute Learning14. Be aware of attitudes
Memory Techniques
15. Choose what not to store in memory
16. Combine memory techniques17. Remember something else18. Notice when you do remember19. Use it before you lose it20. Remember, you never forget.21. Grouping by category, alphabet,
chronological order
Memory Techniques
22. Create abbreviations23. Visualize24. Review
24 hrs after learning takes place
10 minute review reinforces one hour class
periodically to move material from short- to long-term memory
Mnemonics
Are methods for remembering information that is otherwise quite difficult to recall
A word or a sentence which is intended to be easier to remember than the thing it stands for.
MNEMONIC DEVICES
Acronyms – words created from the initial letters of a series of words NASA : National Aeronautics and
Space Administration Acrostics – sentences that help you
remember a series of letters that stand for something“Every Good Boy Does Fine (E,G,B,D
and F)
Mnemonic Devices Rhymes and Songs – Make a rhyme or
a song of the facts Alphabet (Twinkle, Twinkle little Star)
Loci Systems – creates visual associations with familiar locations. It can also help you remember things in a particular order
Peg Systems – employs key words represented by numbersExample 1=bun, 2=shoe, 3=tree,
4=door
Remembering Names
Recite and repeat in conversation
Ask the other person to recite and repeat
Visualize Admit you don’t know Introduce yourself again Use associations
Remembering Names
Limit the number of new names you learn at one time
Ask for photos Go early Make it a game