How to effectively remember information Memory Skills How to effectively remember information

Two levels of Memory Short-Term: What you can keep in your attention in the moment. Most people can only remember five to nine different things in their short-term memory. Long-Term: What you know and can bring to mind whenever you choose to do so.

“Moving Information” You can ‘move’ information from your short-term memory into your long term by doing the following: Grouping Information – to organize it so that details are brought together under the main idea or category that connects them. For example: Studying geography you could group things by province.

“Moving Information” Con’t Visualizing Information – to see an image or picture of it in your mind’s eye. For example: you can see a mental picture of an idea or event. Repeating Information – to put information in your own words and go over it. For example: say it aloud to yourself or someone else.

“Moving Information” Con’t Choosing to remember – paying attention when learning and making an effort to remember what is important. For example: using all of the above to learn, when learning something like a name of a person repeating it over and over again.

MNEMONICS Mnemonics is a fancy word that means “the art of remembering”. Mnemonic strategies are ways of remembering more efficiently.

MNEMONICS The following are different mnemonic strategies: Word Links – Use the meaning of one word to associate with another. For example: The capitol of Oregon is Salem (Think – there are many sailboats in Oregon because it’s on the ocean. What do you do with these boats? Sail-em!)

MNEMONICS Acronyms – Using the first letter of each word to make another shorter word to remember. For example, the five great lakes could be: H – Huron O – Ontario M – Michigan E – Erie S – Superior = HOMES

MNEMONICS Acrostics – Make up a new sentence using the first letter of each word. For example, The music staff – EGBDF could be Every Good Boy Does Fine.

MNEMONICS Rhymes – creating little rhymes to remember things. For example, “Mary had a little lamb…” or “In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue…”

Other MNEMONIC Strategies Mental Pictures Create an Experience Hook-ups Write It! Talk it! Mind Map

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