Twelve Memory Techniques

Get an overview to use as a framework on which to hang specific details.

Relate what you learn to your goals (to what you want to get from your education) and to what you have learned previously.

Store new data near similar or related data - fit new material in with what you already know.

Pay attention; stand up; pace; use your hands; draw pictures;recite; use all your senses.

Draw diagrams; make cartoons; create action; make pictures vivid; make pictures bizarre; turn abstract ideas into concrete actions.

Make it multi-sensory; use your own words.

Turn off music; use daylight hours; take breaks.

Go over material until it becomes second nature. Don't stop exactly when you think you're ready for a test. Explore, dissect, add to your knowledge of the subject.

Take responsibility for boredom and opinions. Know when attitudes are inhibiting learning.

Use many shorter study sessions.

When you get stuck and can't remember something you know you know, remember something else that is related: data that is stored close by. Reflect, brainstorm.

When you get stuck and can't remember something you know you know, remember something else that is related: data that is stored close by. Reflect, brainstorm.