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Memory Skills

Memory Skills. How to effectively remember information. Two levels of Memory. Short-Term: What you can keep in your attention in the moment. Most people can only remember five to nine different things in their short-term memory.

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Memory Skills

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  1. Memory Skills How to effectively remember information

  2. Two levels of Memory • Short-Term: What you can keep in your attention in the moment. Most people can only remember five to nine different things in their short-term memory. • Long-Term: What you know and can bring to mind whenever you choose to do so.

  3. “Moving Information” • You can ‘move’ information from your short-term memory into your long term by doing the following: • Grouping Information – to organize it so that details are brought together under the main idea or category that connects them. • For example: Studying geography you could group things by province.

  4. “Moving Information” Con’t • Visualizing Information – to see an image or picture of it in your mind’s eye. • For example: you can see a mental picture of an idea or event. • Repeating Information – to put information in your own words and go over it. • For example: say it aloud to yourself or someone else.

  5. “Moving Information” Con’t • Choosing to remember – paying attention when learning and making an effort to remember what is important. • For example: using all of the above to learn, when learning something like a name of a person repeating it over and over again.

  6. MNEMONICS • Mnemonics is a fancy word that means “the art of remembering”. • Mnemonic strategies are ways of remembering more efficiently.

  7. MNEMONICS • The following are different mnemonic strategies: • Word Links – Use the meaning of one word to associate with another. • For example: The capitol of Oregon is Salem (Think – there are many sailboats in Oregon because it’s on the ocean. What do you do with these boats? Sail-em!)

  8. MNEMONICS • Acronyms – Using the first letter of each word to make another shorter word to remember. • For example, the five great lakes could be: • H – Huron • O – Ontario • M – Michigan • E – Erie • S – Superior = HOMES

  9. MNEMONICS • Acrostics – Make up a new sentence using the first letter of each word. • For example, The music staff – EGBDF could be Every Good Boy Does Fine.

  10. MNEMONICS • Rhymes – creating little rhymes to remember things. • For example, “Mary had a little lamb…” or “In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue…”

  11. Other MNEMONIC Strategies • Mental Pictures • Create an Experience • Hook-ups • Write It! • Talk it! • Mind Map

  12. A funny…..

  13. How many can you remember?

  14. Activity • Do the activities on your worksheet.

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