Techniques for Remembering Information Effectively

1. STUDY SKILLS REMEMBERING INFORMATION

2. Techniques for Remembering • Repetition • Mind Picture • Categorization • Rhyme • Abbreviation • Acronym • Acronymic Sentence • Graphic Organizer

3. Techniques for Remembering –Repetition • Repetition • Technique for remembering facts in which you read, write and say the facts a number of times • Use Repetition • When you want to remember a few facts, unusually not more than 4-5 • How to use Repetition • Read the facts • Write the facts • Say the facts • Repeat the steps three or four times • Practice

4. Techniques for Remembering –Mind Picture • Mind Picture • Technique for remembering facts by forming one or more pictures in your mind • Use Mind Picture • When you can easily form one or more pictures in your mind to help you remember • How to use Mind Picture • Say the facts • Create one or more pictures in your mind to show all the facts • Focus on the pictures(s) and say the facts • Recall the picture(s) when you need to remember the facts • Practice

5. Techniques for Remembering –Grouping • Grouping • Technique for remembering facts that go together in some way • Use Grouping • When you want to remember facts that can be placed in groups or categories • How to use Grouping • Look for ways that facts can be remembered or grouped together • Write a name for each group • Write the facts that go with each group • Practice

6. Techniques for Remembering –Rhyme • Rhyme • Technique for remembering facts by forming rhymes • Use Rhyme • When the facts you want to remember have words that sound alike • How to use Rhyme • Write a line that ends with a word to be remembered • Write a second line that ends with a word that rhymes with the word to be remembered • Repeat steps 1 & 2 for other words to be remembered • Practice

7. Techniques for Remembering –Acronym • Acronym • Technique for remembering facts by forming a word using the first letter of each fact to be remembered • Use Acronym • When you want to remember a facts whose first letters can be arranged to form a real or nonsense word that can be pronounced • How to use Acronym • Write the facts • Underline the first letter of each fact • Arrange the underlined letters to form a real word or nonsense word that can be pronounced • Practice

8. Techniques for Remembering –Abbreviation • Abbreviation • Technique for remembering facts by using the first letter of each fact you want to remember • Use Abbreviation • When you cannot form a word that can be pronounced using the first letter of each fact • How to use Abbreviation • Write the facts • Underline the first letter of each fact • Arrange an abbreviation using the underlined words • Practice

9. Techniques for Remembering –Acronym Sentence • Acronym Sentence • Technique for remembering facts by creating a sentence from words whose first letters help you remember facts • Use Acronym Sentence • When you want to remember a number of facts that are difficult to remember using the acronym or abbreviation techniques • How to use Acronym Sentence • Write the facts • Underline the first letter of each fact • Create and write a sentence using words that begin with the underlined letters • Practice

10. Techniques for Remembering –Graphic Organizer • Graphic Organizer • A visual technique for remembering information that contains a topic, subtopics and details • Use Graphic Organizer • When you want to show how a topic, subtopic, and details go together • How to use Graphic Organizer • Write the topic for the information you need to remember • Write the subtopics for the topic • Write the details for each subtopic • Draw a graphic organizer that shows how the topic, subtopics, and details are related • Practice

11. Reference:Teaching Learning Strategies and Study Skills to Students with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorders or Special NeedsBy: Stephen S. Strichart & Charles T. Mangrum, II