MEMORY TECHNIQUES An Overview We Learn 10 of

MEMORY TECHNIQUES An Overview

“We Learn. . . 10% of what we read 20% of what we hear 30% of what we see 50% of what we see and hear 70% of what we discuss 80% of what we experience 95% of what we teach others. ” W. Glasser

Determine What You Need to Know Guidelines: • Determining what you need to know • Remember Information Page 93 (4 -6)

Ways to Remember Repetition n Visualization n Association n Application n Mnemonics n

REPITITION Look at it n. Say it n. Write it n

REPITITION Spelling Lists n Vocabulary n Multiplication Tables n Capitals n States n Alphabet n

REPITITION Make it your own n Name Cards n Pythagorean Theorem n Random Dictionary Word n Song Lyrics Worksheet (Bulgur, Bran Toxin) n Quiz n n

VISUALIZATION Imagine the scene / form a mental picture n Duplicate image on paper n

VISUALIZATION Yesterday I made the most beautiful chocolate birthday cake. It had four square layers of chocolate cake. In between each layer was icing. The entire cake was covered with chocolate icing. I made pink roses out of icing and placed them all around the bottom outer edges of the cake. On top of the cake, I wrote “Happy Birthday, Teacher!” in pink icing. The final thing I added to the cake was ten tiny hearts all around the edge of the top of the cake. I cut a square piece off the corner and gave it to my teacher this morning.

ASSOCIATION Cluster information into groups or categories n Relate new knowledge to old knowledge n

ASSOCIATION Jason n German Shepherd n Collie n Steven n Susan n Poodle n Labrador n Mary n Mario n Chihuahua n Kirk n Kara n

ASSOCIATION Dogs n Boys n Girls n

ASSOCIATION 312 -588 -9797 n 312 -735 -3212 n 68828 -61599 n PIN number n Retracing your steps n

ASSOCIATION n Vertical / Horizontal V (down and up) n. H (cross across) n Desert / Dessert n Affect / Effect n

ASSOCIATION Snow Skiing Basketball Tennis Long Jump Bobsledding 100 -Meter Dash Hockey Baseball Ice Skating Discus Golf High Jump Volleyball Javelin Soccer Luge Curling Cricket Decathlon Hurdles

ASSOCIATION n You could have grouped all of the sports into one of the following categories: a) Winter sports b) Track and Field sports c) Sports using a ball n n Keeping these categories in mind, try the exercise again. If your are like most people, you will be able to remember more of the sports.

ASSOCIATION Snow Skiing Basketball Tennis Long Jump Bobsledding 100 -Meter Dash Hockey Baseball Ice Skating Discus Golf High Jump Volleyball Javelin Soccer Luge Curling Cricket Decathlon Hurdles

VIVID ASSOCIATIONS: LEARNING THE NAMES OF CLASSMATES 1. Pick names of classmates with whom you are unfamiliar. 2. For each name, brainstorm some words or ideas that you can associate with the name. For example, if one student's name is Teresa Martinez, you might think of Mother Teresa, a Martin (a type of bird), Mars the planet, a Martini (the drink), the word "terrific, " Martinique, etc.

3. Once you have brainstormed several ideas, you can begin to think of ways that some of the associations can be combined to remember the name. In the above example, you could create a visual association by picturing Mother Teresa standing on the beach at Martinique with a martini in her hand.

APPLICATION Use new information n. Practice, practice n. Origami – Crane, Box, Frog n

Mnemonics Using word tricks to help you remember: Rhymes Abbreviations Acronyms Sentences

Mnemonics – Rhymes n n n Christopher Columbus In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue Piece / Receive I before E except after C Months Thirty days hath September, April, June and November except February alone which has twenty-eight.

Mnemonics – Abbreviations n n n CIA Central Intelligence Agency CPS Chicago Public Schools PSAT, NMSQT, ACT, SAT Preliminary SAT, National Merit Scholarship Qualification Test, American College Test, Scholastic Assessment Test

Mnemonics – Acronyms n Letters form words you can pronounce Best for lists that can be rearranged ROY G. BIV SCUBA n Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus n LASER n Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation n SARA (menemonics? ) n n n

Mnemonics – Sentences Order of Operations n Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally n n Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiply, Divide, Add, Subtract Metric (greatest to least) n King Henry Died Monday Drinking Cold Milk n n Kilo, Hecto, Deka, Meter, Deci, Centi, Milli Lines of treble clef in music n Every Good Boy Does Fine n

Mnemonics – Sentences Patience n Tension n Grievance n Alliance n Revalation n n Paul ate twenty rotten grapes