1. Memory Strategies for Aiding Study Habits

2.  Remembering is the active process of recalling something that you have already learned or experienced. Memory is our capacity to store, retain and retrieve information.  There are three memory systems: Sensory memory, short-term memory and long term memory. What is “Memory,” Anyway? Adapted from Learning Skills for College and Career by Paul Hettich

3.  Sensory Memory- Information received by our senses only remains momentarily-seconds to milliseconds!  Short term Memory- Information transferred here lasts for about 30 seconds unless rehearsed.  Long Term Memory- Vast amounts of memory may be stored here for periods lasting from just a few minutes to a lifetime. Memory Systems Adapted from Learning Skills for College and Career by Paul Hettich

4. Active Strategies: Mental and physical strategies to help you feel psychologically healthy and confident in your abilities  Establish and monitor your motives and goals for being in college  Manage stress effectively  Eat healthy, get enough sleep, and exercise regularly  Learn to concentrate during study periods and class  Manage time for balance between work and leisure Strategies for Memory Development Adapted from Learning Skills for College and Career by Paul Hettich

5. Organizational Strategies: strategies that can help you organize information  Tree Diagrams  Concept Maps  Concept Circles Strategies for Memory Development Adapted from Learning Skills for College and Career by Paul Hettich

6. Elaboration Strategies: strategies that help make connections among facts, concepts, and ideas  Mnemonics  Visual Memory and Imagery (See Visual Notes Presentation)  Summarizing or paraphrasing  Questioning (See 13 Questions Presentation) Strategies for Memory Development Adapted from Learning Skills for College and Career by Paul Hettich

7. Comprehension Monitoring Strategies: strategies that can help you evaluate your progress  Revisit the goals and motives you previously set  Understand-don’t just memorize! Strategies for Memory Development Adapted from Learning Skills for College and Career by Paul Hettich

8. Rehearsal Strategies: strategies that help strengthen long term memory  Mentally repeating material learned  Reciting information aloud  Copying information from books or notes  Selectively underlining material from books or notes  Writing notes from books or other notes Strategies for Memory Development Adapted from Learning Skills for College and Career by Paul Hettich

9. …if you are in college to get a diploma or an education. Getting an education means that you have made a smart investment in your future. Therefore, as you go through your classes, connect the information you learn to your possible career(s) in the future, and practice these strategies now so that you can apply them well beyond your college years. You have to decide… Adapted from Learning Skills for College and Career by Paul Hettich

10. Happy Studying!