Study Skills Tips and Tricks Memory Principals

Objectives Consider the techniques of a powerful memory Organize material as a method of remembering Become familiar w/ 8 memory principals Practice the SQ3R method

Study Skills: Memory Devices Memory principals Mnemonic Devices SQ3R

Party Game! I will walk around with a collection of items. You will have 1 minute to look at the items. You will then try to list, from memory, as many of the items as you are able.

Study Skills: Memory Principals How do you remember things? What are different methods you use? For numbers? For words?

Study Skills 8 Memory Principals 1.ME: If you want to remember something for a long time, it must be something you’re interested in. Find a reason that will make this piece of information important to you. 2.ATTITUDE: A positive attitude about your memory is key. You must be confident that you will remember. 3.BACKGROUND: How much new material you understand and remember depends on how much you already know about the subject. The more you increase your basic knowledge, the easier it is to build new knowledge 4.SELECT: Decide what is important and choose only those parts to study and learn

Study Skills 8 Memory Principals 5. BUNDLES: Organize ideas into manageable bundles and meaningful groups 6.ALOUD: Say ideas aloud in your own words. This is the best way for information to move from your short-term memory to your long-term memory 7.VISUALIZE: Draw a picture in your mind and on paper of what you want to remember. Key words will help you decide what to remember 8. TIME: The brain needs time to hold on to new information. It’s better to learn small bits over a long period of time than to try to cram in lots of information on the night before a test

Mnemonic Devices A mnemonic is a memory aid. Mnemonics are often verbal, something such as a very short poem or a special word used to help a person remember something, particularly lists. The sequences must make sense though. If a random mnemonic is made up, it is not necessarily a memory aid. Take Notes!

Mnemonic Devices This is a peg system but more suitable for those with visual learning styles 1.Candle, spear 2.Swan 3.Bosom 4.Sail 5.Hook 6.Club 7.Cliff 8.Hourglass 9.Flag 10.A candle next to an egg

Mnemonic Devices: Drawing Mental Pictures Drawing mental pictures work well for some people Read Student Workbook # 32 – Chronology of Gandhi’s Life As you read, sketch quick pictures beside or below each segment of the reading You might identify a key word with each segment I’m collecting this!

Study Skills 8 Memory Principals 1.ME: If you want to remember something for a long time, it must be something you’re interested in. Find a reason that will make this piece of information important to you. 2.ATTITUDE: A positive attitude about your memory is key. You must be confident that you will remember. 3.BACKGROUND: How much new material you understand and remember depends on how much you already know about the subject. The more you increase your basic knowledge, the easier it is to build new knowledge 4.SELECT: Decide what is important and choose only those parts to study and learn 5.BUNDLES: Organize ideas into manageable bundles and meaningful groups 6.ALOUD: Say ideas aloud in your own words. This is the best way for information to move from your short-term memory to your long- term memory 7.VISUALIZE: Draw a picture in your mind and on paper of what you want to remember. Key words will help you decide what to remember 8. TIME: The brain needs time to hold on to new information. It’s better to learn small bits over a long period of time than to try to cram in lots of information on the night before a test Make a mnemonic device MABSBAVTMABSBAVT

SQ3R Another Memory Device

Study Skills: SQ3R Previewing: Three Steps Before Reading Step One - Look at the important parts of the textbook and see how it is organized. 1.Title 2.Front and back cover information 3.Author’s bibliographical information 4.Publication date 4. Table of Contents 5. Introduction 6. Index 7. Glossary

Study Skills: SQ3R Previewing: Three Steps Before Reading Step Two - Look over the following parts of the chapter 1.Title 2.Introduction 3.Sub heading 4.First sentence of each paragraph to get the main idea 5.Any diagrams, charts, or pictures 6.Conclusions, summaries, and questions

Study Skills: SQ3R Previewing: Three Steps Before Reading Step Three - Answer the following questions 1.What is this chapter mainly about? 2.How is it organized? 3.Does it seem like all the information is going to be new? 4.How long will it probably take to read it?

SQ3R Turn to yellow workbook # 33 SQ3R Study Sheet Turn to the assigned textbook page ________. Complete the worksheet

Memory Principals Let’s practice. In groups of 2 read The Gift of Good Advice Pick 3 words important to the story Then you will get in groups of 4 and come up with a list of 12 key words to the story.

Memory Principals The Gift of Good Advice Drought Farmers Viejo (old man) Road Affairs Think Fork Thieves Kitchen Tortillas Years Unfaithful

Memory Principals Using yellow workbook #29 Sequence Chain Retell the story of The Gift of Good Advice without using the original story.

Homework Memory clues may be visual or verbal. Some words may prompt you to form pictures in your mind; others may lead you to think of other words or phrases. Let’s look at the example for the word matilineal.

Memory Clues Word: matrilineal Definition: inheritance of family names and property from the female line in the family.

Homework: Definition, Memory Device