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Learning how you learn

Learning with your whole brain!orHow to double your memory!

Talk 3

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Review:What makes something memorable?

Visual

Unusual

Emotional

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ReviewHow can you prepare your brain for learning?

Blood

Blood

Means clear thinking and ability to process and recall information

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ReviewHow to relax

Take control• Homework• Coursework/Revision plan• Revision sessions

Take time out• Leisure time • Exercise

Take a positive outlook

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Two brains are better than one, or, how to double your memory!

logiclanguagemathematicssequencelisteningwritingreading

intuitivespatial skillsrhythmmusicimagecolourcreativity

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How to whole-brain learn

Corpus Callosum

Conversion activities

Describe in words (left) a picture or diagram (right)

Visualise (right) a written description (left)

Identify key words (left) and convert into different colours (right)

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Let’s try one!

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Putting it all together so far

1. Prepare your mind for learning• Take control and time out• Relax to allow blood to flow to the

processing centres

2. Use memory friendly techniques• Visual• Unusual• Emotional

3. Use conversion activities to use both hemispheres of the brain

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Next session - Techniques

Which ones work Which ones don’t!

BiologyPE Theory

History

Maths

French

English