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IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY AND

RECALL

Develop Memory and Recall

Once you gain knowledge it is likely you will forget information over time

If you revise that knowledge you can regain the data again

Continuous revision can recall data faster and longer

Develop Memory and Memory Skills

We forget what we learn very quickly.

We remember things much better if we (1) go over them very soon after we first learnt them.

Recall

Fact: If you are to revise that knowledge

once gained, then you will be able to (2) recall that data faster and retain information for a longer period of time.

% Recall

Time

Recall Information Over Time For The Typical Student

Topic

Test

1st Semester

Exams

Final Exams

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InitialKnowledgeGained

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Strategies to Retain and Recall Information

9 Useful strategies a learner can use to retain and recall information when it is needed:

(3) Visualise

Categorise

(4) Repeat

Rhyme

(5) Acronym

Abbreviate

Acronymic Sentence

Pegword

Keyword

Acronyms

Forming an acronym is a (6) good strategy to remember information in any order that can be remembered.

Memory Triggers

Acronym – is a word that is formed from the (7) first letter of each fact to be remembered

For example: (8) Roygbiv

Memory TriggersAcronyms

R RedO OrangeY YellowG GreenB BlueI IndigoV Violet

Colours of the Rainbow

Memory Triggers

Mnemonics – similar to acronyms but instead of a word you (9) remember a phrase.

Usually the phrase is nonsense and the craziness of it helps you to remember it.

For example: The order of classification for living things:

K, P, C, F, O, G, S

Memory TriggersExample (1)

K KingdomP PhylumC ClassO OrderF FamilyG GenusS Species

K KingsP ProduceC CrownsO OnlyF ForG GalantS Soldiers

Memory TriggersExample (2)

K KingdomP PhylumC ClassO OrderF FamilyG GenusS Species

Kings play chess on fine grained sand

K KingsP PlayC ChessO OnF FineG GrainedS Sand