memorization techniques

MEMORIZATION TECHNIQUES

Loci Strategy The word is plural of locus meaning place Based on your familiarity with a place Strategy helps you remember a list of

items through organization, visualization and association

Works well if you are good at picturing things

Steps to Loci with an Example(Ex: Nature)

First, identify a place in which you are very familiar (ex: a kitchen)

Second, visualize that place and its features in your mind (ex: a coffee pot on a stove)

Third, associate each item to be remembered with a particular feature of that place (ex: a plant growing out of the coffee pot)

Note—the more unusual the association, the more likely you are to remember it

So, say you need to remember nature, pigeon, somersault, invasion, lemon and puddle

Using the kitchen and associations with features in the kitchen you can do this…

Pigeon-visualize a pigeon landing on the table Somersault-visualize a clown doing a

somersault over the table Invasion-visualize ants invading and

swarming over a piece of bread on the counter

Lemon-visualize lemons floating in a pitcher of lemonade in the refrigerator

Puddle-visualize the kitchen sink overflowing and forming a puddle of soapy water on the floor

Pegwords Good when you have to remember a

number of things Pegwords are words that rhyme with

number words Each pegword is substituted for a number

word and is then associated with the information to be remembered

Pegwords cont~ You can use any word as a pegword as

long as it rhymes with a number word Nouns and verbs are best to use as

pegwords because they are easy to associate with information to be remembered

Sample pegwords One run Two shoe Three tree Four door Five dive Six fix Seven heaven Eightgate Nine sign Ten hen

How to use pegwords Think of the first piece of information to

be remembered Think of the pegword for number one

which is run Form an association in your mind

between the pegword one and the first piece of information to be remembered. Create a picture of this in your mind

How to use pegwords cont~

Repeat these steps for each additional piece of information (shoe for two and tree for three)

Example: Three important reasons for preserving forests…..

Forest provides food for animals.

Pegword for one is run Create a picture in your mind of a rabbit

running to a bowl of food(when you try to recall the 1st reason, the

number 1 will trigger the picture of the rabbit running to get food= forest provide food for animals)

Forest provides shelter for animals

Two/shoe Create a picture in your mind of a

chipmunk living in a shoe

Forest provide lumber that is used to build homes for people Three/tree Create a picture of stacks of lumber lying

on the ground next to a partially built house

Pegwords lets you use your imagination to remember information

The more creative and unusual the better Practice–Three reasons to use study skills

Flashcards Make flashcards as you study and learn Use both sides of the cards Use flashcards in different colors Illustrate the cards Don’t put too much information on any

one card Carry your cards with you Change the order of the cards frequently study them….quiz yourself!!!!