Ultimate Memory Strategies
Here are some Amazing memory strategies
World’s Best Memory Strategies
Monitor
Your Comprehension:
You can only remember and fully use ideas that you
understand. Find ways to monitor your comprehension. Get in the habit of saying
to yourself, “Do I understand this?" Always check the logic behind the
ideas (i.e., do things happen in a way that you would predict?). If you can see
the logic in something, you are much more likely to be able to reconstruct that
idea even if you cannot immediately recall it. Also, look out for anything that
seems counter-intuitive to you; you are less likely to remember something that
does not seem logical or is something that you would not agree with. Evaluate
your own comprehension by bouncing your thoughts about a course against those
of other students. Tutor another student who is having difficulty; if you teach
someone else, you reinforce your own knowledge.
Generate
Your Own Examples:
Go beyond examples provided in class and in the textbook,
and bring your general knowledge and experiences into play by relating them to
academic ideas. In kinesiology, for example, relate your ability to throw a
ball to the physical forces you study in class; in biology, relate
photosynthesis to that poor potted plant that struggles in your basement; in
sociology, relate symbolic interaction to values that you learned from your
parents; in geography, relate the Canadian Shield to your trip to Algonquin
Park; in chemistry, relate acids to home uses of vinegar; in physics, relate
acceleration to riding your bike. When you can generate your own examples, you
demonstrate your understanding, and your memory is enhanced.
Think
in Pictures, Colours, and Shapes:
Concrete images are more memorable than abstract ideas,
and that is why pictures are such important instructional aids for your
instructors and text authors. Practice colourful thinking! Associate your own
mental pictures to the academic content. In your class and text notes use
colour to highlight headings and other key ideas. Use shapes to help you
organise ideas; triangles, boxes, flow charts, circles.
Use
Mnemonics:
Mnemonics are memory training devices or ways of making
associations to aid in remembering. They can be extremely powerful; at the same
time, if you overuse mnemonics, you can spend too much time on generating and
learning the mnemonics and too little time on real understanding of the
material. The economical use of mnemonics to study for a test can be very
effective. There are many types of mnemonics and, no doubt, you will have used
some of them.
1. Rhymes can be powerful; psychology
students will recognize Freud’s personality theory in the little rhyme, “Id is
the kid!”
2. Acronyms
collapse the beginning letters of a set of information into one or a few words; in
trigonometry, you can use SOHCAHTOA for right-angled triangles; in French you
can use DR and MRS VANDERTRAMPP for verbs that conjugate with être.
3. The
beginning letters of a set of information can be built into a sentence; for
biology, you might recognize Kings Play Chess On Frosted Glass Surfaces.
These are just a few of the many types of mnemonics that
you can use. As you study for your tests, use your imagination to generate
fitting mnemonics for some of the key information in your courses.
Repetition:
The more times you go over something, the better your
memory will be of that information. However, each time you go through
something, try to use a different method so that you are not just repeating
exactly the same activity. By varying your approach you will create more
connections in long-term memory.
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