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What makes things more memorable?

LARGEor

small

Black and whiteor

Colourful

Normalor

or

polite

Funnyor

Boring

Shopping List

What was on the?...Table Bed

TV Door

Bookcase Washing machineArmchair

Microwave

Stairs Toilet

Shopping List

Where was the…?Sugar Milk

Teabags Bread

Cat food Apple

Toothpaste

Biscuits

Orange juice Newspaper

Four Secrets To Four Secrets To A Great A Great MemoryMemory

1.1.ImaginationImagination

2.2.OutstandingOutstanding

3.3.AssociationAssociation

4.4.RepetitionRepetition

Memory Tools1. Mental Journeys

Memory Tools1. Mental Journeys

2. Mnemonics

Mnemonics

Mnemon...whatics?Definition – A device such as a formula or a rhyme used as an aid in remembering

How Does It Work? – Simples!

Take the first letter of each word you want to remember and make up an easy-to-remember phrase or a word

North East South West

Never Ever Support Wolves

Never Eat Shredded Wheat

Naughty Elephants Squirt Water

PHYSICS

Gamma RadiationX-RaysUltra-VioletVisibleInfraredMicrowavesRadiowaves

GCSE PHYSICS

Gamma RadiationX-RaysUltra-VioletVisibleInfraredMicrowavesRadiowaves

Giving X-Rays Under Violence Is Mega Repulsive

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet

PHYSICS

Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain

The Visible Spectrum

Ripping Out Your Granny’s Brains Is Violent

C = 2 r

Chubby eats 2 pies regularly

MATHS

A = r

Archie eats pies regularly too

2

Different Types of ReligionDifferent Types of Religion

Christianity

Hinduism

Islam

Judaism

Sikhism

Can you create a mnemonic from this?

Different Types of ReligionDifferent Types of Religion

Christianity

Hinduism

Islam

Judaism

Sikhism

Can

Heaven

Indeed

Judge

Sinners

Memory Tools1. Mental Journeys

2. Mnemonics

3. Numbers = Letters

2011Remembering

1066

Numbers

1633

1945

1812

62753.14159

World War Two began in 1939...

HISTORY

...and ended in 1945.

1 9 3 9A MISERABLE WAR BEGINNING

1 9 4 5A MISERABLE FUED ENDED

Charles Dickens was born on 7th February 1812

ENGLISH LITERATURE

7 - 2 - 1 8 1 2

7th February 1812

CHARLES - DO - I INSCRIBE I DO

PiPi

3.141592653

3.141592653

Pie . a dish I think everybody in France

likes too

The Amazon River is 6275km in length.

GEOGRAPHY

6 2 7 5LENGTH OF FLOWING RIVER

AMAZON IS RUNNING WATER

SUPPLY OF CHEAPER MUSIC

1 hour

Concentration Lasts 20 Minutes

20 minutes

20 minutes

20 minutes

20 minutes

20 minutes

20 minutes

2-hour Revision Session

20 minutes

20 minutes

20 minutes

20 minutes

20 minutes

20 minutes

2-hour Revision Session

12 firsts & lasts

2-hour Revision Session

2-hour Revision Session

STORY

Recall After Learning

“RAL”

TIME

RE

CA

LL

Recall After Learning

TIME

RE

CA

LL

Confusion Factor

Recall After Learning

1 HOUR

1 DAY

Recall After Learning

1 HOUR

1 DAY

1 WEEK

Recall After Learning

1 HOUR

1 DAY

1 WEEK

1 MONTH

Recall After Learning

1 HOUR

1 DAY

1 WEEK

1 MONTH

3 MONTHS

Recall After Learning

Now To Tell You About The M.A.P.

MethodApplication Page

(M.A.P.)

1.What You Want To Remember?

2.Core Questions

3.Choose Learning Tool

4.Test Yourself

Step 1.Add the title of what you want to remember...

...and add just the key facts below.

Colours of the visible spectrum

RedOrangeYellowGreenBrownIndigoViolet

What are the colours of the visible spectrum in order?

Step 2.Write down a key question...

...and how many answers you need.

7

Mnemonic

Step 3.Choose Learning Tool and insert image.

Ripping Out Your Granny’s Brains Is Violent

Day 1

Step 4.Revise the work by asking yourself the core question on five different days

Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5

1.What You Want To Remember?

2.Core Questions

3.Choose Learning Tool

4.Test Yourself

Colours of the visible spectrum

RedOrangeYellowGreenBlueIndigoViolet

What are the colours of the visible spectrum in order?

7

Mnemonic

Ripping Out Your Granny’s Brains Is Violent

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5

No Distractions

sleep

waterfood

music

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•Exam Busters

•Super Speed Study Skills

•Aiming Higher

•Goal Mapping

•Mastering Student Motivation

•The 6S Programme

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