3. Name of strategy:Challenge your
memory
Purpose:Learning how to memorized what you have learnt.
Main Idea and Usage:This strategy helps you to remember
well on what you have learnt.Many of us found that it is quite
difficult for us to memorized something new and when it
involved use of facts and have just learnt.So, here is one of
the way that you can use in order to remember faster.This
strategy is suitable for any subject especially subject that
have process to memorized such as science,biology and also
history subject.
4. Steps:
1)All you needs to try this strategy are a piece of paper, pen, and also stopwatch.
2)First, sit properly and make sure you are in a good condition because this strategy
requires you to relax yourself.
3)Choose the topic that you want to memorized.Start your stopwatch.
4)In 60 second time,try to write down all words that contain in the topics you have
choose.(without open the books or other related sources)
Example:you choose the process of photosynthesis of plant.
Write down any words that contains in the topic of photosynthesis process.
Plant light sun chemical energy bond sugar chloroplast
chlorophyll carbon dioxide water green pigment and so on
5)Stop your stopwatch.Read all the words that you have just listed and try to make the
connection between these words and make it as a complete sentences.
Photosynthesis is a process of converting light energy to chemical energy and storing it
in the bonds of sugar. This process occurs in plants and some algae (Kingdom Protista).
Plants need only light energy, CO2, and H2O to make sugar. The process of
photosynthesis takes place in the chloroplasts, specifically using chlorophyll, the
green pigment involved in photosynthesis.
6)This strategy is suitable for any subject especially subjects that involves process in
making and need to be memorized.This strategy can measure your understanding level
on certain topics too.
5. Try it out yourself:
By using the steps provided earlier, choose any topic that you want to
memorized.Remember to start your stopwatch and stop within 60 seconds.Do not open
your book.
Self-assessment:
The following contain few questions regarding this strategy and whether you can
master this strategy or not.Just tick at the box which describe you well.
Yes not sure no
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1-This strategy helps me to memorized faster.
2-I’m able to memorized some topics in short time well.
3)I’m able to make a word connection related to the topics .
4)60 seconds are too long for me to write down the words
related to the topics.
