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