Memory Skills

• Have you ever studied for several hours to prepare for an exam and then not get the grade that you wanted ? Curious to know why?
• Read on to learn how to improve on your memory skills. . .

Work on the 3 R's:

Review, Recite, Repeat

Review notes, handouts and topics covered in textbook before doing homework.

Recite by reading and summarizing key points out loud. Hearing yourself read is a good auditory learning technique.

Repeat by using tools such as flash cards, personalized index cards etc.

Memory Tips

You already know a lot more about the chapter material than you realize!

Think about what you know and spend time on topics that you don't know.

• Treat information you learn as though it is a building block of a bigger picture
• Organize the information
• Make a mental outline of the main points and sub points.

Mnemonic (memory) Devices

Try one and see if it helps. . .

Grouping - Classify lists on the basis of some common characteristic.
ex. grouping minerals by metals or stones.

Rhymes- Set what you need to remember to a common rhyme.
ex. "In fourteen hundred and ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue."

Acronyms -The first letter from each word in a list forms a key word, name, or sentence. ex. Music notes EGBDF are the lines on the treble clef. Learn them by remembering "every good boy does fine". Consider the acronymns FBI or IBM.

Visual Association - Link words by using images. The PEG system allows you to remember sequences of unrelated items in the appropriate order.
ex. one = bun; two = shoe; three= tree etc.

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LHPS Teacher Hints:

"There are some terms students need to memorize in each chapter. I focus on word association and not rote memorization. Students have developed rote memorization skills and have some trouble making the transition to "COMPREHENSION" instead of memorization." (9th Grade English Teacher)

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