Showing posts with label memory techniques. Show all posts
Showing posts with label memory techniques. Show all posts

6 memory techniques to help in school

Sunday, May 22, 2016
In this video I review 6 memory technique you can start using tomorrow in order to memorize material more quickly.


Transcript
Welcome to MooMooMath
In this video I would like to talk about 6 memory techniques you can use to memorize new material
I will demonstrate each memory technique, and you can decide which technique you would most likely use.
I personally enjoy the body system, and rarely use creating a song. On the other hand you may enjoy creating songs. All 6 of the methods have helped people memorize more effectively for years so use the memory technique you enjoy most.
I would like to start with the body system.
This system you use parts of your body as props to help you memorize.
I like to start at the top of my body and work down.
My ten locations are,
top of my head, my eyes, my mouth my nose, my ears, ,my throat, my shoulders, my clavicle, my stomach, and finally my seat.

I will demonstrate this technique by memorizing presidents 11-20
I will begin with James Polk. I will visualize a large JP on my head,
Next for Zachary Taylor I will visualize watching a Zach Brown concert with my eyes. His guitar has a T on it for Taylor. Next I will rub my nose and fill my nose more for Millard Fillmore.
Up next is Franklin Pierce so I will visualize piecing my ears for a B shaped ring.

Next I remember James Buchanan by picturing my buck teeth in my mouth.
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president and I will envision slavery choking my throat.
At my shoulders I will put on a jacket for the old Howard Johnson hotels I stayed at as a kid.
I broke my clavicle so my broken collar bone was useless and this helps my remember Ulysses Grant,

Next, I have hay on my stomach for Rutherford Hayes, and President 20 is James Garfield which I will remember by sitting on Garfield the cat.
There you go 10 Presidents.
You can envision anything you want in order to help you remember what you are trying to memorize. Sometimes the crazier the better.

Let’s look at 6 more memory techniques
In this video I would like to demonstrate five memory techniques you can use to help
memorize lists, facts, and any other item for school and life. I will demonstrate each
technique by memorizing the first 25 states of the United States.
In order to memorize the 25 states I will chunk the material and memorize each chunk
differently. I will use the following 5 memory techniques.

  • Create a sentence
  • Create a graphic organizer
  • Create a song 
  • Create a mnemonic device


Link the material with a story
I will first chunk the 20 states into 5 groups of 5 I will memorize them in alphabetical order.
I will create a sentence for the first 5 states based on images I have of each state. This
way I’m connecting new content to images I already have stored away.
On my trip to the United States, I saw football in Alabama, froze in Alaska, saw the
desert of Arizona, after I saw Bill Clinton in Arkansas after staying at hotel California.

For the next five I will use a mnemonic device,
C C DE Flying Gator
Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia
For the next five I will draw a picture which will help me remember the next five states.

  • I have an eye for Idaho
  • An ill person for Illinois
  • A basketball goal for Indiana, and an iou for Iowa.

The pictures are just cues for name of the state.

Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa

I will use row, row, row your boat as my song.
The flat of Kansas, horses of Kentucky, gators of Louisiana, lobsters of Maine, merrily,
Merrily, merrily, down to Maryland. Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland

Finally for the last five I will link the states with a story.
Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Anchor is a coffee shop
A mass (Massachusetts) of people walked in the coffee shop and all had a MI on their
shirt. They began (Michigan) to order a sota,( Minnesota) and had a sip ( Mississippi) and
said it was sour.( Missouri)

Memorizing lists and material this way takes
a little more time to set up your stories, but greatly improves recall. I also find it
less boring. I was able to recall 24 of the 25 states on my first attempt and all 25 on my second attempt.

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Weekly Roundup Study Tips and Resources 2

Monday, July 13, 2015
Here is my weekly roundup of helpful study tips and resources. This weeks list includes a grade calculator,a website dedicated to improving your memory, tips on note taking, 100 ideas for what to do during your study break, a method to memorize new material, and a video to help you beat procrastination.



RogerHub Final Calculator   This first resource is a simple grade calculator. You simply put in the grade you want,your current grade, and the percentage the test is worth. Next, hit calculate, and you quickly know what score you need to make, in order to keep the grade you want.

Memory Lessons  Every school year I'm faced with the challenge of learning 120 new names. In addition, I need to recall the names of former students. I have learned to play a name game that helps me remember these names. This resource reviews several memory techniques that you can start using to help memorize new material. The site has ten lessons to help you improve your memory.

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How to take notes from a textbook  This link is a very detailed description of how one student takes notes. A quick warning, the font is very small, but the system of note taking this person uses is great. The system encourages you to take notes on a post it note as you read, and then transfer this information to a journal. If your classes are heavy in notes from textbooks, I would check this note taking system out.

100 things to do in your study break Study breaks are an essential part of the studying process. Here is a fun, helpful list of 100 things to do during these quick study breaks. There is enough variety with this list of 100 ideas that anyone should find one or two new things to do, in order to help their study breaks become more fun and productive.

Learning to memorize using chaining Imagine you had to memorize the planets in order. One way you could attempt to memorize this list is by using a memory technique called chaining. Chaining is a memory technique in which you create a story from the items you are trying to memorize. In addition,this technique greatly improves your recall of this material later. This link gives you several examples, and instructions on how to use chaining to memorize new material.

How to stop procratinating One of my bad habits is waiting to the last minute in order to complete a task. In other words I procrastinate. Here is a quick video that teaches a three step process for beating procrastination.


Weekly Roundup Study Tips and Resources # 1

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