McGraw-Hill Copyright © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Peak Performance: Success In College And Beyond Chapter 7 Improve Your Memory Skills

Copyright © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Learning Outcomes  Apply the five-step memory process  Describe memory strategies, including mnemonic devices  Summarize, review, and reflect for better retention and recall

McGraw-Hill Copyright © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Success Principle 7 Focus on the SUM, not the parts

Copyright © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill The Memory Process 1.Intention 2.Attention 3.Association 4.Retention 5.Recall “An education isn’t about how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don’t.” Anatole France Author

Copyright © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Memory Strategies Write it down Go from the general to the specific Reduce information Eliminate distractions Study in short sessions Use all your senses

Copyright © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Memory Strategies Use mnemonic devices  Rhymes and rhythms  Acronyms  Acrostics  Association  Chunking

Copyright © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Memory Strategies  Stacking technique  Method-of-place technique Use note cards Recite Practice, practice, practice

Copyright © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Summarize, Review, And Reflect  Summarize in your own words as soon as possible  Carry note cards  Go beyond studying for tests.

Copyright © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Overcome Obstacles Do I want to remember? Do I have a positive attitude about the information? Have I eliminated distractions? Have I organized and grouped material? Have I reviewed the information often?

Copyright © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Overcome Obstacles Have I reviewed right after the lecture? Within 24 hours? Have I set up weekly reviews? Have I visualized what I want to remember? Have I used repetition? Have I summarized material in my own words?

Copyright © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill Overcome Obstacles Have I used association and compared and contrasted new material with what I know? Have I used memory techniques to help associate key words? “No memory is ever alone; it’s at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their own associations.” Louis L’amour Author

McGraw-Hill Copyright © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Peak Performance: Success In College And Beyond Chapter 7 Improve Your Memory Skills