MEMORY

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MEMORY MATTERS!
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How would you memorize the following?
25 new Spanish vocabulary words?
10 math formulas?
names and locations of major cities on a map of
south africa?
the path that pumps blood through the heart?
other??
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Memory

• SENSORY Instantaneous, what you experience
• ex. I smell brownies. I hear my professor.
• 2. SHORT TERM MEMORY Can stay in your brain
• for a few minutes, maybe less, if not rehearsed
• ex. She said there are two more seminars
• Thats a good idea. 909-9988, 909-9988
• LONG TERM MEMORY Can recall on day to day basis,
  
• when info is meaningful to you, when you are
  actually involved in
• the learning process
• ex. My student ID and password are The phone
  number for
• Dominos is Todays lecture was about Monet.
  Last week we
• talked about Renoir, and they are different
  because"

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encoding is the key from sensing to my memory
Finding a way to store information by sound,
look, or meaning of words
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Memory, the Retriever
Regular Rehearsing, Revisiting,and Reviewing of
Material will Help You Retrieve the Information
when You Need It!
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Cycle of remembering
store it
retrieve it
rehearse it
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Mnemonic Devices

• Acronym
• ex. RAVEN (Remember Affect Verb Effect Noun)
• Acrostics
• ex. Sober Physicists Don't Find Giraffes In
  Kitchens (Orbital Names for Electrons)
• Songs/Rhymes
• -She was all gal (ALGAL) and he was a fun guy
  (FUNGI). They took a likin' (LICHEN) to each
  other. (Lichen are made up of algae and fungae)
• --Isosceles, Isosceles
• Two Angles have Equal Degrees
• Isosceles, Isosceles
• You Look just like a Christmas Tree!
• Loci and Peg Visual Systems
• ex. Loci Travel a familiar route and place
  items
• along the way (rooms in house, trip to school,
  things in grocery store)
• ex. Peg TaskLearn that the speed of light is
  186,000 miles a second
• 1bun 2shoe 3tree 4door 5hive 6sticks
  7heaven 8gate
• a bun riding fast on a gate made out of sticks
• Practice/Over-Learn/Recite and Repeat

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For great mnemonics, go to
http//www.netnaut.com/mnemonics.html
or
http//www.memorykey.com/StudyHall/study_guides.ht
mVerbal20mnemonics
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Problem College Tests are More Than Rote
MemorizationSolution Add Critical Thinking
to Memorizing Strategies!
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I WANT TO SO I WILL
Remember material from multiple readings and compare/contrast ideas, be able to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate Create Lists, Charts to Compare/Contrast Use Flashcards in Shuffle Mode Pull 2 or More at Random and Make Connections
Be ready for types of test questions that are really challenging to me ID Types of Questions Missed on Last Test Create Possible Test Questions Like Those Using New Material
Be ready for hypothetical and application test questions Dont Stop at What is it? Ask When, How, Why, Where, What If (hint get a study partner to help with this)
Organize my study materials ID all material on next Test Split Reading/Studying Over Days, Weeks put in Planner!!!! Choose Memorizing Strategies, Depending on Type of Material Set Aside Several Small Chunks of Time Each Day to ReviewRevisit Material Often!!
Know material backward and forward Get a Partner/Group Ask Questions, Make Each Other Explain FullyDont Be Nice!!
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4 more weeks!!! What Can You Do Today to prepare
for cumulative Exams??

• Find out what Type of Exam you have in Each Class

• On your To Do List, Schedule 2-3 30 minute Time
  Blocks
• to Start Reviewing Oldest Material. Next Week add
  2 more Blocks

• Make a Calendar that Shows All Due Dates for the
  Rest of the
• Semester

• Make a List of All Incomplete Work for Each Class
• (this includes missed reading, missed class
  notes, etc.
• Make a Plan to Complete this Work by Adding 1-2
  Tasks
• Each Day!