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Improving Your Memory

Improving Your Memory. Freshmen Studies. A Memory Game. d-h-r-c-w-j-v. A Memory Game. 2. r-l-s-v-q-i-x-a-g. A Memory Game. 3. f-m-z-u-g-q-k-s-a-p-n-r-l. A Memory Game. 4. t-k-q-d-y-a-f. A Memory Game. 5. a-b-c-d-l-m-n-o-v-w-x-y-z. A Memory Game. 6. g-t-j-x-k-r-d-n-a-q-l-i-c.

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Improving Your Memory

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  1. Improving Your Memory Freshmen Studies

  2. A Memory Game • d-h-r-c-w-j-v

  3. A Memory Game 2. r-l-s-v-q-i-x-a-g

  4. A Memory Game 3. f-m-z-u-g-q-k-s-a-p-n-r-l

  5. A Memory Game 4. t-k-q-d-y-a-f

  6. A Memory Game 5. a-b-c-d-l-m-n-o-v-w-x-y-z

  7. A Memory Game 6. g-t-j-x-k-r-d-n-a-q-l-i-c

  8. Aaah, Memories… • There are two levels of memories: • Short-term memory • Long-term memory

  9. Short-Term Memory • Can usually hold 5-9 different items • Most people can’t remember 10 or more random items • Easy to remember “chunked” digits/letters • Phone numbers (###-####) • Social Security Number (###-##-####)

  10. Long-Term Memory • Things you can bring to mind whenever you choose • With review, can always be recalled

  11. Another Memory Exercise… • Read the following list twice: Spruce Heat Gas Bakery Oak Elm Office Friction Density Theater Fir Maple Restaurant Hotel Pharmacy

  12. Another Memory Game… • How many words could you recall? Spruce Heat Gas Bakery Oak Elm Office Friction Density Theater Fir Maple Restaurant Hotel Pharmacy

  13. Try Again… Robin Gym Orbit Sparrow Park Force Hawk Rink Conservation Eagle Pool Phase Crow Field Element

  14. Ways to Remember • Grouping • Visualizing • Repeating • Choosing to remember

  15. Grouping • To organize info so that details are brought together under one main idea • Items that are grouped with similar items are easier to remember. Robin Gym Orbit Sparrow Park Force Hawk Rink Conservation Eagle Pool Phase Crow Field Element

  16. Grouping • Organize ideas/info into groups that make sense to you • When trying to recall an item, remembering one will often trigger your memory of the others.

  17. Visualizing • To see an image or picture in your mind’s eye. • A test...

  18. Visualizing • Works well with “mapping” notes • A skill you can practice

  19. Repeating • Sounds simple…but it’s effective • Get into the habit of repeating important info in your head • Say it out loud • It’s ok to talk to yourself…

  20. Choosing to Remember • Sounds simple… • Involves a choice to pay attention… • Must stay “plugged in”…. • Make a conscious decision to remember certain items.

  21. Tools for the Future… • Mnemonic Devices • Memory/learning aid, often a poem • “Thirty days has September, April, June and November” • Acronyms • A word made by taking the first letter of each word that you want to remember and making a new word • H.O.M.E.S. or Roy G. Biv • Acrostics • A sentence made by taking the first letter of each word you want to remember and inserting another word beginning with the same letter • King Phillip cried “Oh for Goodness Sake” • Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally

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