Give your secret brain a chance

Give your secret brain a chance


What does the textbook author mean by visualization #1 a well worn path ?

 

·         To reveiw over new information agian to tranfer it from short term memory to long term memory

 

What does the textbook author mean by visualization #2 a herd of thoughts ?

 

·         Link new information to something you already know to aid in learning

 

What does the textbook author mean by visualization#3 turning your back ?

 

·         You will lose about 50% of newly introduced material within the first few hours and 80% within the first 24 hours if you do not study it

 

What does the textbook author mean visualization #4 you are directing the animal traffic ?

 

·         Be involved in your learning make it a point to learn be proactive

 

Abbreviation

 

·         To reduce to a shorter from intended to stand for the whole . An example is FBI which stands for federal bureau of investigation.

 

Acronym

 

·         A pronounceable word formed formed from the first letter taken from a series of words.

 

Acrostic

 

·         A composition, usually in verse, in which sets of letter taken in order form a word or phrases. Ex ROYGBIV

 

What are the benefits and drawbacks to memories?

 

·         Benefits they can make it easy to remember information, especially long lists?

 

Drawbacks

 

·         (1)They can be difficult to create. (2)They can take as much time to Remember as the learning the information.(3) they only tell you one point about the information such as the order of the planets revolving around the sun but nothing about sizes , distance, from each other, which one has the gaseous rings , which one has the red dot

 

 

Be selective

 

·         Do not try to learn every little detail. Concentrate on the important points.

 

Make it meaningful

 

·         Learn from general concepts to specific ones.

 

Create association

 

·         Link new information to something you already know

 

Learn it once activity

 

·         Get your body involved in the learning

 

Relax

 

·         Calm down before studying

 

Create pictures

 

·         Draw or imagine pictures of what is being taught

 

Recite and repeat

 

·         Read notes aloud over and over again

 

Write it down

 

·         Take written notes

 

Engage your emotions

 

·         You learn more effectively if in an emotional state

 

Over learn

 

·         Learn more than is required

 

Escape the short term memory trap

 

·         You must work to transfer information from short term memory to long term memory as if you will lose about 50% of the material you are exposed to within the first few hours and about 80% within the first 24 hours

 

Use your times of peak energy

 

·         Study when you feel strongest

 

Distribute learning

 

·         It is better to study for several short periods of time than for one long period.in other words , it is better to study for one hour per night for five night for five nights than to study for five hours on one night

 

Be aware of attitude

 

·         Whether you think you can or you cannot you are right. Have a positive attitude and believe in yourself

 

Give your secret brain a chance

 

·         Study just before going to bed and your Brian will continue to process the information

 

Combine techniques

 

·         Use more than one technique when studying

 

Remember something else

 

·         When you cannot recall something . recall everything else about it that you can and it will come to you

 

Notice when you do remember

 

·         Note which technique you used to remember something so you can try it again next time

 

Use it before you lose it

 

·         You will start to lose new information almost right away so quickly transfer it to long memory

 

Adopt the attitude that you never forget?

 

·         Be positive make it point to Remember

 

What are two types of memory and what is the difference between them?

 

·         Short term and long term. Information that is in short term memory can be easily forgotten

 

 

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