Study Skills WorkshopMemory

Techniques

MemoryThe power and process of

reproducing and recalling what has been learned and retained

Types of Memory

Semantic: Words and Symbols Implicit: How to Remote: Data collected over time Working: Extremely short-term, lasting

momentarily Episodic: Recent experience

The way I learn affects how I remembered…

Visual Learners Write things down because you remember

them better Copy over your notes. Rewriting helps Use color Write vocabulary words on index cards. Use

colors

The way I learn affects how I remembered…

Auditory Learners Try studying with somebody so you can

talk and hear the information Recite out loud what you want to

remember Write vocabulary words on index cards

and review them frequently by reading them aloud

The way I learn affects how I remembered…

Haptic Learner To memorize, pace or walk around while

reciting or looking at a list

Close your eyes and write the information in the air or on a desk.

You never forget… Your brain never loses

anything Forgetting: it is either the

inability to recall stored information or the failure to store information in the first place

The things that interest you

We Remember

10% of what we read 20% of what we hear 30% of what we see 50% of what we see and hear 70% of what we say 90% of what we say and do

Process of Memory

Attention and Selection

Encoding Storage Retrieval

Attention and Selection

The first process of memory is attention. There is much more

information in your environment than you can process at any given

time. You must make choices (conscious and unconscious)

regarding what you will attend to and store in your memory

Encoding = Receiving information

How are memories formed? It refers to translating incoming

information into a mental representation that can be stored in memory

You can encode the information on a number of different ways According to sound (acoustic code) What it looks like (visual code) What it means (semantic code)

Storage = Retention of information

It is the process of holding information in your memory

Short-Term vs. Long-Term Memory Transfer from Short to Long-term

Repeating the information Practicing Thinking about it deeply (elaborate) –

drawing connections between what you are trying to remember and the other things that you are familiar to you

Retrieval = recall or recognition

It is the process of actually remembering something when you

want to

Memory Techniques

1. Learn from the general to the specific2. Make it meaningful3. Create associations4. Learn it once, actively5. Relax6. Recite and repeat

Memory Techniques

7. Create pictures - draw diagrams, mind maps- create action- make pictures vivid- turn abstract ideas into

concrete actions or images

Memory Techniques

8. Write it down (outline, 3x5 cards, summary)9. Reduce interference10. Over learn11. Escape the short-term memory trap12. Use daylight13. Distribute Learning14. Be aware of attitudes

Memory Techniques

15. Choose what not to store in memory

16. Combine memory techniques17. Remember something else18. Notice when you do remember19. Use it before you lose it20. Remember, you never forget.21. Grouping by category, alphabet,

chronological order

Memory Techniques

22. Create abbreviations23. Visualize24. Review

24 hrs after learning takes place

10 minute review reinforces one hour class

periodically to move material from short- to long-term memory

Mnemonics

Are methods for remembering information that is otherwise quite difficult to recall

A word or a sentence which is intended to be easier to remember than the thing it stands for.

MNEMONIC DEVICES

Acronyms – words created from the initial letters of a series of words NASA : National Aeronautics and

Space Administration Acrostics – sentences that help you

remember a series of letters that stand for something“Every Good Boy Does Fine (E,G,B,D

and F)

Mnemonic Devices Rhymes and Songs – Make a rhyme or

a song of the facts Alphabet (Twinkle, Twinkle little Star)

Loci Systems – creates visual associations with familiar locations. It can also help you remember things in a particular order

Peg Systems – employs key words represented by numbersExample 1=bun, 2=shoe, 3=tree,

4=door

Remembering Names

Recite and repeat in conversation

Ask the other person to recite and repeat

Visualize Admit you don’t know Introduce yourself again Use associations

Remembering Names

Limit the number of new names you learn at one time

Ask for photos Go early Make it a game