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February 2005
Memorization Tips: Memorization Skills
The California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, has
posted a page for memorization in the Study Skills Library section of
their web site*. Here's the
quick list of the tips from their site that may be helpful to students
and non-students alike when it comes to remembering:
The first and most important rule for remembering is: cultivate the
habit of close attention to the thing you wish to remember.
When we are learning, we should try not only to get a strong
impression but to obtain as many different kinds of impressions as
possible.
Try to visualize it.
Intend to remember.
Think about it. A fact doesn't belong to you until you have used it.
Logical memory. One of the most important of all aids to the
remembering process is the habit of associating a new idea
immediately with facts or ideas that are already firmly lodged in
the mind.
Remembering by brute force. We will forget more, on the average,
during the first hour after learning that during the next 24 hours;
and we will forget more, on the average, during the first day than
we will during the next thirty days.
Reviewing is much more effective if carried out before memories have
entirely escaped than it is after considerable time has elapsed.
(*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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