how will the a tkins method help you remember ?
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How will the A tkins method help you remember ?. …by working with your brain’s natural ability to remember. Present. Store . Remember. +. =. What helps you remember?. How do questions help you remember?. Topic = least memorable Positive reinforcement Question = more memorable - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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How will the Atkins method help you remember?
• …by working with your brain’s natural ability to remember.
Present Store Remember
+ =
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What helps you remember?
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How do questions help you remember?• Topic = least memorable
o Positive reinforcement• Question = more memorable
o What is positive reinforcement?• Question that relates to you = most
memorableo How can I use positive reinforcement?
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How do pictures help you remember?• Each concept is attached to a memorable picture
o If you remember the picture, you remember the concept
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How do diagrams help you remember?• They build an image connecting all the concepts.
o When you remember the diagram, you remember the information.
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How does review help you remember?• It builds connections in your brain
Stimulated Unstimulated
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How does a focus on you help you remember?
• You remember what is important to you.• How could you use …?
o When would you …?o What would you do…?o Can you think of an example in your own life …?
• Personal stories students can relate to as examples.
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How does this all work together?• The diagrams work as bookends• Question, image, and review based presentations
increase your interest and memory
Where are we going?
Where have we been?
Questions increase interest
and help you remember
Review slides help you
remember
Supporting pictures help you
rememberDiagram Diagram