Memory skills
Memory skills
Whats happening inside our brain?
Special techniques
Foods to eat
Sensory Memory
Earliest stage of memory
Visual information
Auditory information
Passage to next stage short term memory
Short term memory
• active memory
• information we are currently aware of or
thinking about
• approximately 20 to 30 seconds
• Next stage : long term memory
Long term memory
Continuing storage of information
Storage unconsciously
Used when needed
Organization of memory
• Semantic network model (certain triggers
activate associated memories)
• A memory of a specific place might activate
memories about related things that have
occurred in that location.
• For example, thinking about a particular
campus building might trigger memories of
attending classes, studying, and socializing with
peers
Memory
skills
GOLDEN RULES
1. Repeat
One of the golden rules of learning and memory is
repeat, repeat, repeat.
• Taking notes
• Repeating a name after you hear it for the first
time
• Repeating or paraphrasing what someone says to
you
2. Organize
• A day planner or smart phone calendar can help
you keep track of appointments and activities
• Try jotting down conversations, thoughts,
experiences.
• Review current and previous day’s entries at
breakfast and dinner.
3. Visualize
• Associate the name with an image. Visualization
strengthens the association between the face and
the name.
• Associate the new topic with a past story or an
image you have seen or experienced
4. Cue
• Using alarms or a kitchen timer to remind you of
tasks or appointments.
• Placing an object associated with the task you
must do in a prominent place at home.
5. Group
• Group the items in sets of three to five, just as
you would to remember a phone number. This
strategy helps to extend the capacity of our
short-term memory by chunking information
together instead of trying to remember each
piece of information independently.
6.Discuss
• Take a conversation whenever you can with
friends and colleagues.
• It encourages storage of information in long
term memory
PRACTICAL TIPS
• Pay attention. You can’t remember
something if you don’t pay enough attention to
it.
intense focus
• 8 seconds----------------------memory storage
• Involve as many senses as possible.
Relate information to colors, textures, smells,
and tastes.
• Relate information to what you already
know.
Connect new data to information you already
remember
• For more complex material, focus on
understanding basic ideas rather than
memorizing isolated details.
Practice explaining the ideas to someone else in
your own words.
• Rehearse information you’ve already
learned.
Review what you’ve learned the same day you
learn it, and at intervals thereafter
MNEMONICS

memoryskills.pptx to develop memory for students

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    Memory skills Whats happeninginside our brain? Special techniques Foods to eat
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    Sensory Memory Earliest stageof memory Visual information Auditory information Passage to next stage short term memory
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    Short term memory •active memory • information we are currently aware of or thinking about • approximately 20 to 30 seconds • Next stage : long term memory
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    Long term memory Continuingstorage of information Storage unconsciously Used when needed
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    Organization of memory •Semantic network model (certain triggers activate associated memories) • A memory of a specific place might activate memories about related things that have occurred in that location. • For example, thinking about a particular campus building might trigger memories of attending classes, studying, and socializing with peers
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    1. Repeat One ofthe golden rules of learning and memory is repeat, repeat, repeat. • Taking notes • Repeating a name after you hear it for the first time • Repeating or paraphrasing what someone says to you
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    2. Organize • Aday planner or smart phone calendar can help you keep track of appointments and activities • Try jotting down conversations, thoughts, experiences. • Review current and previous day’s entries at breakfast and dinner.
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    3. Visualize • Associatethe name with an image. Visualization strengthens the association between the face and the name. • Associate the new topic with a past story or an image you have seen or experienced
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    4. Cue • Usingalarms or a kitchen timer to remind you of tasks or appointments. • Placing an object associated with the task you must do in a prominent place at home.
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    5. Group • Groupthe items in sets of three to five, just as you would to remember a phone number. This strategy helps to extend the capacity of our short-term memory by chunking information together instead of trying to remember each piece of information independently.
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    6.Discuss • Take aconversation whenever you can with friends and colleagues. • It encourages storage of information in long term memory
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    • Pay attention.You can’t remember something if you don’t pay enough attention to it. intense focus • 8 seconds----------------------memory storage
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    • Involve asmany senses as possible. Relate information to colors, textures, smells, and tastes.
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    • Relate informationto what you already know. Connect new data to information you already remember
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    • For morecomplex material, focus on understanding basic ideas rather than memorizing isolated details. Practice explaining the ideas to someone else in your own words.
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    • Rehearse informationyou’ve already learned. Review what you’ve learned the same day you learn it, and at intervals thereafter
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