ORGANIZE IT
USE YOUR BODY
USE YOUR BRAIN
RECALL IT
100
Relating the material to real life.
What is creating associations?
100
Saying it out loud, and saying it more than once.
What is reciting and repetition?
100
Doing the most difficult subjects during the time of when you have the most energy.
What is using your times of peak energy?
100
Reading, speaking, listening, applying, and writing down something down - a way of making contact with material regularly.
What is practicing retrieval of info frequently?
200
Creating meaningful lists and group main ideas.
What is categorizing?
200
Writing a summary or main ideas on a piece of paper or computer doc.
What is writing it down?
200
Recognizing that people who find subjects boring or believe they are difficult, have a harder time remembering and recalling the information.
What is being aware of attitudes?
200
Instead of saying "I don't remember", say "It will come to me".
What is adopting the attitude that you never forget?
300
Building a mental store of basic background information from which you can draw on, when learning a new subject.
What is creating associations?
300
Assuming the executive position while studying.
What is learning it once actively?
300
Relating course material to a goal.
What is engaging your emotions?
300
Remembering something related to the subject to help you remember what you forgot.
What is remembering something else?
400
Making choices about what's important.
What is being selective?
400
Getting involved in extra curricular activities to apply your knowledge from class.
What is learning it once actively?
400
Writing down the most important points right at the end of the class.
What is escaping the short-term memory trap?
400
Using positive affirmations about your memory.
What is adopting the attitude that you never forget?
500
Looking for chapter previews, summaries, and review questions.
What is being selective?
500
Creating action orientated images, such as cartoons.
What is creating pictures?
500
Consciously encoding new information. One way is to ask yourself questions about incoming information.
What is elaboration?
500
Teach the material to someone else.
What is practicing retrieval of info frequently?
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