1. General memory tips:
• Concentrate!
You need to learn something before you can remember it. So listen in class and choose quiet
places to study, where you can concentrate.
• Ask yourself questions about what you are studying as you read
You are more likely to remember information if you have a purpose for reading it. Ask yourself
questions about what you are studying as you read.
• Try to remember your lessons without your books
A very good way to remember information is to try to remember it without your books. Test
your memory by making notes and then checking them against your books.
• Quickly look again at what you have studied at the end of every lesson
Quickly look at the main points of what you have studied at the end of each lesson to help you
remember them later. Summarise your notes using key words – these key words will help
improve your memory later on.
• Look at what you have studied as often as possible
Regular study is a better way of remembering than trying to learn everything at the last
minute.
• Use different learning techniques
Generally, we remember 20% of what we read; 30 % of what we hear; 40% of what we see;
50% of what we write or say and 60% of what we do. Write material down, say it out loud,
draw pictures: try to use all your senses.