MEMORY TIPS

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MEMORY TIPS
Dr. Michelle Nicopolis, PC, NCC Cuyahoga
Community College Phone [phone] michelle.nic
opolis_at_tri-c.edu
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WHAT IS MEMORY?

• Each memory involves millions of nerve cells
  connected by firing chemical messages to each
  other
• When a series of cells connects a memory
• The more times it connects, the stronger and more
  easily accessible the memory becomes

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TYPES OF MEMORY USE IT OR LOSE IT!
http//www-static.cc.gatech.edu/classes/cs6751_97_
winter/Topics/human-cap/memory.html
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MAKING AN EFFORT TO REMEMBER

• The brain prioritizes by meaning, value and
  relevance
• To have meaning, you must understand what you
  are learning
• Move to remember!
• Positive, relaxed attitude learning during peak
  energy time improves memory
• Keep yourself healthy! Water, exercise,
  nourishment
• Must be interested and think that information has
  value (study partner, study groups, talk with
  teacher)

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ASSOCIATIONS

• Every piece of information in our memory is
  connected to other pieces in one way or another.
• For Example Apple
• Red, Round, Sweet, Teacher, Tree, Fruit

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MNEMONIC DEVICES

• Tricks that can increase your ability to recall
  everything from grocery lists to speeches
• Rely only on memorization, not understanding
• Sometimes time-consumingto learn mnemonic
• Can be forgotten (Ellis, Becoming a Master
  Student, 2009)

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RHYMES SILLY SONGS

• I before e except after c
• In fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Columbus
  sailed the ocean blue
• HALLOWEEN spells Halloween
• 1-800-SAFE AUTO

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ACRONYMS

• Words created from first letters of a series of
  words
• ROY G. BIV (Colors of the rainbow)
• NBA (National Basketball Association)
• SCUBA (Self Contained Underwater
  Breathing Apparatus)

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ACROSTICS

• A sentence to help you remember a series of
  letters that stand for something
• Never Eat Sour Watermelon
• Every Good Boy Does Fine
• My Dear Aunt Sally
• My Very Efficient Mother Just Saved Up Nine
  Pennies

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LEARNING LARGE LISTS

• Helpful for essay tests or tests with lots of
  information
• Example Causes of the Civil War
• No financial backing from wealthy
• No investment from industry
• Social causes
• No tolerance for Lincoln
• Desire to keep plantation economy
• Economic causes
• Moral concern about slavery
• Lack of capital to buy ammunition
• Political causes
• Desire of South to keep power
• Desire to maintain Southern Way of Life

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ORGANIZE IN A MEANINGFUL WAY

• Causes of the Civil War
• Social Causes
• Moral Concern over Slavery
• Desire to Maintain Southern Way of Life
• Economic Causes
• No Financial Backing from wealthy
• No investment from industry
• Desire to Keep Plantation Economy
• Lake of Capital to buy ammunition
• Political Causes
• No tolerance for Lincoln
• Desire of South to keep power

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CHUNKING

• George Miller (1950) The Magical Number Seven,
  Plus of Minus Two
• STM recall 7 numbers (/-2) a few minutes
  after being told the numbers once
• Mnemonic technique
• Put items together to make larger units
• Then, recall unit and each part
• http//daphne.palomar.edu/stat/mark/stm20chunking
  .htm

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REMEMBER THIS NUMBER

• 715346395309

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• What number did you record?
• What method did you use?

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TRY AGAINWITH CHUNKING!

• 715 346 395 309

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• Now what number did you record?
• 715 346 395 309

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METHOD OF LOCI

• About 20 items
• Visual/spatial learners
• Put items in a place familiar to you
• Visualize/draw your house (classroom) put items
  in rooms
• http//cat.xula.edu/thinker/memory/strategies/loci

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CHAINING

• Ordered or unordered lists
• Verbal/auditory/narrative
• Create a story where each word or idea you have
  to remember cues the next idea to recall
• Funnier the better

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IMMEDIATE REVIEW

• Think about the topic
• Reread notes
• Rewrite notes
• Recite/talk about notes
• Teach the topic

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REMEMBERING NAMES

• Repeat name right away aloud (nice to meet you,
  Jack)
• Repeat name to self
• Visualize name on persons head
• Pick something about the person that reminds you
  of him
• Write it down

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QUESTIONS?
What is one new memory tip you will try?