Mnemonics is an umbrella term for methods that help you remember things more easily. Names, dates, shopping lists, bits of text … The starting point is: Data with little or no structure, or with a structure that is too complex, is easier to remember if you can attach it to a structure you already know. An example: you have to remember this string of letters: AUGEBAVERCAPRINDESSINE. It looks random. If you recognize four French words, auge – baver – caprin – dessine, it is already easier. Notice also that the first word has 4 letters, then 5, and so on, …
Remember
The Eraser
The learning strategy The Eraser consists of gradually covering more and more of the original material, while repeating and filling in what is covered, until you finally remember it all. Simple? Simple! Start by setting up the learning material, e.g. the events in a timeline, an entire form, table, list or whatever it may be. Put a piece of paper over some items to begin with, or you can blank out what you have written; try to fill in the correct information from memory. Keep covering more and more keywords and words until you are happy with the result. You …
Chunking
Your short-term memory has a limited capacity. It can hold information for up to 30-40 seconds. Young people, up to approx. 14 years old, can remember and process 3-7 different subjects at the same time. From the age of 14 onward, this increases to 5-9 simultaneous subjects in short-term memory. So… what can you do to remember more and better? You can create and use chunks, meaning blocks, so a chunk means a block of information that you remember and work with, as if it were a single element. Chunking occurs naturally. For example: the word “pythagoras” probably makes you …