1. Applications of Memory Research

2. Mnemonics
Acronyms – PEE, PEER, CHIP, MARE, WITS, CRIPPLES (an English teacher’s best friend)
Acrostics – Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain (colours of the rainbow) 'My very evil mother just served us newts,‘ (planets, minus Pluto) Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (order of musical notes)
Rhymes – 30 days hath September . . .
Method of loci – creating a journey in your head where you place the information to be recalled throughout the journey
Pegwords – uses numbers – useful for remembering the order
Keywords – replacing information with a similar sounding words to create an image – Bach is a Baroque musician – replace Bach with box – Baroque with broke – image is a broken man sitting in a box. (useful in languages)

3. Visual Imagery Method of loci Keywords
Spider Diagrams/Mind maps (organising information makes it more memorable without and conscious effort, makes the info distinct)
Information retained in this way is double encoded (verbal and visual)
Bower, 1972 – 80% visual 45% non visual recall