Memory Tools
Learning Styles and Study Skills
Long-term vs. Short term Memory
Vocabulary
Mnemonic Examples
100
I remember the lyrics to my favorite song...what kind of memory tool is my favorite song?
What is Music
100
I learn best when I listen to my teacher lecture on a subject. What kind of learner am I
What is Auditory Learner
100
When my friend tells me their phone number one time and I am trying to remember it, I am using my "this" kind of memory to remember it.
What is Short Term Memory
100
This is a word that means "irritate," what is the word?
What is RANKLED
100
If I should you a picture of this object, you may remember which way is Longitude and which way is Latitude...
What is a ladder
200
If I hate an assignment that I am given in High School but I must do the work because I want a good grade, what is the best way for me to make myself want to do it?
What is make it interesting to me, or, relate to my life
200
I would learn a lot about airplanes if I could build a model airplane...what kind of learner am I?
What is Tactile Learner
200
Why is it that I remember the hardest and best days of my life?
What is because memories that relate to me stick in my long-term memory
200
I am in (BLANK) PAIN!!!!
What is Excruciating
200
"I before e except after c.." is an example of what type of mnemonic?
What is Rhyme
300
If I have a list of foods that I need to memorize because I am going to the store, how can I remember each item without writing it down?
What is Making a story about the objects, or placing them around your house
300
I learn best if I look at images and diagrams of what I am trying to learn. What kind of learner am I?
What is a Visual Learner
300
What is the memory tool called when I break up numbers like this: 408-992-0578, instead of leaving them like this: 4089920578.
What is Chunking
300
The lamppost at night is very...
What is Luminous
300
ROY G BIV stands for (BLANK)....
What is the colors of the rainbow, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
400
What is one way to organize information visually?
What is using notecards, using a timeline, or, using graphic organizers
400
If I play music without words, it helps me study. What kind of music has no words?
What is Instrumental Music
400
I was given the assignment to write an essay on one of the President's of the United States. It sounds SO boring!!! What can I do to enjoy writing this essay?
What is make it relate to you, or, find something weird or interesting about one of the president's so that you enjoy learning about him.
400
The wheel chair (BLANKS) me getting around...
What is Facilitates
400
If I want to SPELL a word correctly what is one way I can learn to remember that word?
What is to create a saying, ex: GEOGRAPHY "George Edward's Old Grandma Rode A Pig Home Yesterday"
500
True or False, if I have to memorize something, I can say the words over and over again and that is the best way to get them into my long-term memory...
What is False, the best way is to create a story that relates to you, or a mnemonic device, like a song, rhyme or saying
500
if I am a visual learner what would be a useful tool for me to study a list of vocabulary words?
What is using notecards
500
Why are the ABC's in our long-term memory?
What is words attached to a melody, also we have heard it many times and music sticks with us
500
The sound of the ambulance was (BLANK)...
What is Strident
500
What is the order of the planets from the Sun?
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune!
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