1. The document discusses different techniques for improving memory, including getting organized, being active, and pacing yourself. 2. It describes 3 types of memory: sensory, short-term, and long-term and provides strategies for storing information properly like organization, rehearsal, and using mnemonic devices. 3. Some specific memory techniques discussed are the SQ3R method, using flashcards, graphic organizers, acronyms, and forming associations between items to be remembered.

2. We never forget!
Do you believe that?

3. Memory Exercise
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You can remember anything if you organize it.

4. Understanding Memory
• Storing information properly:
• Without rehearsal or use, information is forgotten
• The brain’s information retrieval system:
association, repetition, rehearsal &
mnemonic devices

5. 3 Types of Memory
1. Sensory memory: gathered from 5 senses
2. Short-term (working) memory: limited to 5 – 9
separate facts
3. Long-term memory: you can store & retrieve
anything.

6. The true art of memory is
the art of attention.
Samuel Johnson

7. Get Organized
Get Active
Pace Yourself

8. Get Organized
1. Get motivated
2. Reduce interference
3. Be selective
4. Intend to remember

9. 5. Learn from the general to the specific
TOPIC
1 2 3
ba b ba a

10. 6. Look for relationships among ideas:
• How does it relate to the key idea?
• How does it relate to course goals?
• How does it relate to my personal goals?
7. Create associations:
• What do I already know about …….?

11. Get Active
1. Move around in your environment
2. Use graphics:
• Draw
• Visualize
3. Use flash cards
4. Read, write, recite, review
5. ASC tutoring

12. • Stimulates the senses
• Releases stress
• Improves sleep
• Enhances digestion
• Maintains strength
All of the above positively impact memory.
The Benefits of Exercise:

13. • Some evidence suggests that exercise is
particularly effective for short-term memory.
• 20-minute daily walks may improve
memory performance.
The Benefits of Exercise: contd.

14. http://www.mathpower.com/tips.htm

15. Use graphic organizers:
http://www.graphic.org/concept.html
Which was the worst war in history?
Casualties
Damage to
Places
Long Term
Damage to
Society
Vietnam
World War I
World War
II
Cluster Diagram
Venn Diagram Double Cell Diagram
Matrix
TOPIC
A B
C
A B
C

16. SQ3R Cornell System
Note-taking
MNEMONICS COOP LEARNING
Surveying
Textbooks
Lecture
Notes
Lecture or
Textbook Notes
Studying With
Groups
SURVEY RECORD JINGLES QUESTIONING
QUESTION REVIEW SENTENCES COMPARING
READ REDUCE ACRONYMNS DRILLING
RECITE ASK
QUESTIONS
STORY LINES BRAINSTOR
M
REVIEW REVIEW SHARING
Enhancing Memory Through Comprehension

17. USING MNEMONIC DEVICES
(neh-mon-ick)
1. ACRONYMS:
• SCUBA:
• NATO:
• LASER:
self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
• HOMES:
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie & Superior

18. Mnemonics (contd.)
• Mediation:
A type of mnemonic device in which you form
associations.
Linking two items with a third:
Peso “pay-so” One pays with money

19. Mnemonics (contd.)
• Forming unusual exaggerated associations:
Flashbulb memories (where were you when…?)

20. Pace Yourself
1. Distribute learning
2. Overlearn
3. Use daylight
4. Got attitude?
5. Combine memory techniques
6. Avoid short-term memory lapse
7. Review

21. Use It or Lose It!
REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW