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December 2003
Memorization Tips: Remembering What You Read
Again we will visit Kevin North's The Memory Page* for some useful information. His "Tips and Tricks" section contains several different ideas for
applying basic memory techniques to everyday situations. Here's a
sample, taken from his "Reading Retention" page:
"Take notes while you are reading. It may seem odd, but just as you
learn more from a lecture when you write down what is being said, you
can similarly write down the most important points from what you may
be reading. This forces you to think about the material a lot more,
thus increasing the likelihood of your remembering it. Additionally,
you can always go back over your notes for a quick review, and you
will probably remember other details that you didn't write down as
well.
"After reading a chapter, stop and take a minute or so to summarize to
yourself what you just read. If you can't remember the main points,
you can go back and skim the material again to refresh your memory.
"Force yourself to apply what you have read. If you have just read how
to build a paper airplane... then build one! In the process of doing,
you will remember far more. If you have just read about how to do a
new type of integral (calculus), work on some practice problems. If
you have just read about a famous American Civil War battle, look at a
map to find the place(s) where the battle took place.
"Overlearn. In other words, read more than you are required to or
desire to. Read material that is more advanced than the other
material. In the process of trying to understand the new material, you
will understand the older material better. Later on you may forget the
new material, but the older material will stay because
you applied it"
(*Note: Reference to this site is being made simply to point out the information
contained there. SoftLore, LLC does not have an affiliation with this site, or
any other site that we refer to in our "Memorization Tips", nor does this
reference imply an endorsement of any products, services, or theories associated
with the site)
Do you have some favorite tips and techniques for memorizing? Please
feel free to share them with us.
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