Academic Support Center IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY Phyllis W. Zahnd, Ph.D. Welcome to this Power Point Video Cast on Memory What is memory? Two kinds of memory: Short term memory – information is fragile. Long term memory – information is personally meaningful, important and/or has emotional impact. Retrieval – use information, connect information to other facts. College Students It is useful to think about memory this way too: General memory – paraphrase, learn concepts Verbatim memory – remember exactly, memorize Four “R’s” of Remembering Resolve – pay attention and decide to remember. React – be an active learner and get involved with the material. Relate – be an active leaner and make connections. Review – immediately and at regular intervals. Match the Technique with the Material Different subjects require different techniques Know your learning style. Combine different modalities. What techniques work for you? What techniques seldom work for you? Memory Technique: Repetition Repetition is most useful for information that is not very detailed. READ the information out loud. Look away, close your eyes, talk into the mirror. REPEAT the information. WRITE the information from memory. Repeat these steps at least 3 times or until you can remember the information. Memory Technique: Mnemonics Mnemonics is another way to remember information that is more detailed Acronyms are words formed by using the first letters of the information to be remembered. HOMES – Great Lakes: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie & Superior BAR – Britain, America, Russia Acronymic Sentences are formed by using the first letter of each word to be remembered. Very Active Cat – Blood vessels: Veins, Arteries & Capillaries Memory Technique: Rhymes Rhymes “i” before “e” except after “c” will help you to spell “receive” and “belief” correctly. Poems and Songs Memory Technique: Visuals Graphs and charts may give a visual picture of information that has more clarity than words. Visualization is a technique that people use to create strong visual images. People who are visual learners are especially good using this method. How To Forget Disuse Interference Repression Not really learning in the first place Thank You and Good Luck Thank you for listening to this video cast on memory. If you have any questions, please come to the Academic Support Center on the ground floor of the Library. Download the referral form on the ASC page of the WCC website and come to get help with memory techniques and other study skills.

. Hello and Welcome to this Power Point video cast on memory . nineteen Phyllis turned and tried to be carrying you through this video cast which is offered by the Academic Support Center at Westchester Community College . what is memory . its simplest form memory can be divided into short term and long hair . information that is stored in the mind for a few seconds or a few minutes difficult short term memory . it is fragile . when your mind retains information over time it is in long term memory . information is encoded into long term memory because it may be personally meaningful . it is important and you need it . or it may have an emotional impact . you also need to be able to retrieve the information that is stored . Retrieval depends upon years . how connected the new facts are with other things that you know . the goal is to get information into your short term memory and then have it go t long term them . they you you need to be able to retrieve the information . this video cast will help you to learn the skills you need to do that . . it is useful to think about memory as general memory and verbatim memory . general memory is when you paraphrase the information . you don't need to memorize it word for where you are learning concepts . you can do this when you read essays . when you read history psychology sociology and biology textbooks . that gave him memory is when you need to remember something that actually . Examples of her baby memory include chemical preference these and equations mathematical equations and poems . with the late trying for general or verbatim memory . it go skill to put information into your short term memory and then have it go when Tia learn long term memory where you will be able to retrieve it when you want . the four R's of remembering . we shall . decide to remember before you begin . really pay attention to what you are laying . make it happen . yourself to pay attention when you are in class or study . decide to pay attention and remember . React get involved with the material . become an active learner . if you are an active learner you will Use Olympia senses say it picture write it . you will create emotional associations to learn school . you will create charts out clients and other techniques to help you to organize the material . relate be an active learner and associate new material with things you already know . make connections between new material can material that you have already announced it . pm . review immediately and at regular can . read the link and twenty four hours . review again in about a week . Sometimes it helps to review in small segments especially if you are trying to memorize . repealing material helps to get the information from short ten into long term memory . regular reviews keeps the information stable and easy to retrieve . Match the Technique with the material . different subjects require different techniques . for example if you like trying to remember a chemical reaction you might use colored pencils and diagram . if you are trying to learn the causes of death that the missionary War you might use a timeline placing events into a proper sequence . one technique will not work equally well for one person all of the time anymore than one technique will work equally well for all people . use the technique that matches the information you need to remember . know your learning sky . but remember we all use all learning style diet . so combine modalities . for example this means using seen with the day . or it might mean seeing with writing . what techniques work for you . what techniques seldom work the . . . one Memory Technique Repetition . Repetition is most useful for information that is not very detailed . week the information out loud . look away close your eyes or talk to them there . Repeat the information . write the end and . PPP steps at least three hundred . this is that the technique for spelling and definitions . it is also a technique for in them during for kneeling . . another Memory Technique is no money . opinions are words formed by using the first letters of the information to be the man pay . Acronyms don't have to be real words but the you have to be pronounceable . for a Campo . here is how you would use an acronym to remember the Great Lakes . the way home . H O T and he . would have each letter stand for one of the lake . a to think here on Oprah Ontario . and finish again . effect Erie and tests to Superior . the word Bar . have each letter be a hard stand for a country to help you to remember the Allies during World War two . be for Britain . a for America far for Russia . Acronymic Sentences are formed by using the first letter of each word to even them . for example . very Active Cat can help you to remember the types of Blood vessels Veins Arteries didn't happen . very V for vein . Active A for Arteries . . the the capillaries . another Memory Technique is drying . Rhymes can help you Kevin and a confusing with difficult to recall information . for example by before e except after c will help you to spell it may seem . and the of the . correctly . you can make up your own silly Rhymes and poems and so on . if you play an instrument you can even make up to . this technique works especially well for people with a preference for an auditory learning style . However it also meant that the issue of learning style when material is difficult to remember . you still are another normally take . graphs and charts are an issue look nice and patient and show how information can be organized . flow charts can help you to remember the sequence of events in a chemical reaction . timelines can help you to remember the historical events beating up to the Civil War . Both flow charts and timelines are good for remembering sequential information . graphs can help you to remembering details statistical information at a glance that would take a page kit to scrap . it's illustration is to take me can be helpful especially for people to have the ability to create strong visual connection . habit is to get . use . if you don't use it you will lose it . it may be in your short term memory but short term memory is fragile . he won't go from short ten into long term memory . and if you get it into long term memory but don't use it you may have a hard time retrieving . Interference occurs when you it trying to learn material that is similar and related . Try to create differences and then enhance the differences . for example if you are learning a long list of formulas or word definitions it would be of good idea to create and enhance the differences . the by the list into smaller lists . then you can color code each small list . or you can study each small list in a different place and associate the place with the information you and study . Repression occurs if you believe the you I not good remember . if you have this belief it will be more difficult to remember . not really learning in the first place . that is why it is recommended to QB to text book attend class takes notes and review immediately and break it . thank you for listening to this video cast on memory . if you have any questions please come to the Academic Support Center which is located on the ground floor of the Library . just download the referral form in the Academic Support Center page of the Westchester Community College website . get help with memory techniques and fifty skill . today's card here to help you . .