STUDY SKILLS

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STUDY SKILLS

• REMEMBERING
• INFORMATION

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Techniques for Remembering

• Repetition
• Mind Picture
• Categorization
• Rhyme
• Abbreviation
• Acronym
• Acronymic Sentence
• Graphic Organizer

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Techniques for Remembering Repetition

• Repetition
• Technique for remembering facts in which you
  read, write and say the facts a number of times
• Use Repetition
• When you want to remember a few facts, unusually
  not more than 4-5
• How to use Repetition
• Read the facts
• Write the facts
• Say the facts
• Repeat the steps three or four times
• Practice

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Techniques for Remembering Mind Picture

• Mind Picture
• Technique for remembering facts by forming one or
  more pictures in your mind
• Use Mind Picture
• When you can easily form one or more pictures in
  your mind to help you remember
• How to use Mind Picture
• Say the facts
• Create one or more pictures in your mind to show
  all the facts
• Focus on the pictures(s) and say the facts
• Recall the picture(s) when you need to remember
  the facts
• Practice

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Techniques for Remembering Grouping

• Grouping
• Technique for remembering facts that go together
  in some way
• Use Grouping
• When you want to remember facts that can be
  placed in groups or categories
• How to use Grouping
• Look for ways that facts can be remembered or
  grouped together
• Write a name for each group
• Write the facts that go with each group
• Practice

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Techniques for Remembering Rhyme

• Rhyme
• Technique for remembering facts by forming rhymes
• Use Rhyme
• When the facts you want to remember have words
  that sound alike
• How to use Rhyme
• Write a line that ends with a word to be
  remembered
• Write a second line that ends with a word that
  rhymes with the word to be remembered
• Repeat steps 1 2 for other words to be
  remembered
• Practice

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Techniques for Remembering Acronym

• Acronym
• Technique for remembering facts by forming a word
  using the first letter of each fact to be
  remembered
• Use Acronym
• When you want to remember a facts whose first
  letters can be arranged to form a real or
  nonsense word that can be pronounced
• How to use Acronym
• Write the facts
• Underline the first letter of each fact
• Arrange the underlined letters to form a real
  word or nonsense word that can be pronounced
• Practice

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Techniques for Remembering Abbreviation

• Abbreviation
• Technique for remembering facts by using the
  first letter of each fact you want to remember
• Use Abbreviation
• When you cannot form a word that can be
  pronounced using the first letter of each fact
• How to use Abbreviation
• Write the facts
• Underline the first letter of each fact
• Arrange an abbreviation using the underlined
  words
• Practice

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Techniques for Remembering Acronym Sentence

• Acronym Sentence
• Technique for remembering facts by creating a
  sentence from words whose first letters help you
  remember facts
• Use Acronym Sentence
• When you want to remember a number of facts that
  are difficult to remember using the acronym or
  abbreviation techniques
• How to use Acronym Sentence
• Write the facts
• Underline the first letter of each fact
• Create and write a sentence using words that
  begin with the underlined letters
• Practice

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Techniques for Remembering Graphic Organizer

• Graphic Organizer
• A visual technique for remembering information
  that contains a topic, subtopics and details
• Use Graphic Organizer
• When you want to show how a topic, subtopic, and
  details go together
• How to use Graphic Organizer
• Write the topic for the information you need to
  remember
• Write the subtopics for the topic
• Write the details for each subtopic
• Draw a graphic organizer that shows how the
  topic, subtopics, and details are related
• Practice

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ReferenceTeaching Learning Strategies and Study
Skills to Students with Learning Disabilities,
Attention Deficit Disorders or Special NeedsBy
Stephen S. Strichart Charles T. Mangrum, II