2. Mind maps?
Cues cards?
Making notes?
Drawing pictures?
Rhymes?
Making posters?
3. Memory Improvement strategies improve
recall for one of 3 reasons...
1. Elaborative rehearsal
2. Organisation
3. Dual-Coding
4. Elaborative
Rehearsal
Requires the
individual to
think about
the
information
in more
detail
Organisation
By organising
data into an
order it
creates links
between pieces
of information
Dual-Coding
Processing the
information in
2 different
ways the
information is
„dual-encoded‟
Increasing
likelihood of
remembering
6. Acronym
- word/sentence is formed using the initial
letters of other words
e.g.
Roy. G. Biv stands for….?
Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet
Works because of…
Elaborative rehearsal
Organisation
7. Acrostic
- Poem/sentence where the first letter
from each word forms the words/item
to be remembered
e.g.
My Very Easy Method Just Shows Us
Nine Planets stands for…?
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter
Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto
Works because of…
Elaborative rehearsal
Organisation
8. Rhymes
- Group of words with an identity and
rhythm
Did you learn the alphabet using a rhyme?
Sing it…..
…“Twinkle twinkle little star”
Number of days in a month?
Sing it…..
Works because of…
Elaborative rehearsal
Organisation
9. Chunking
- Remember the following letters
TVCIALTMNASAMSMWMM
- Would this be easier?
TV CIA LTM NASA MSM WMM
- How do you remember mobile numbers?
Works because of…
Elaborative rehearsal
Organisation
(it‟s also thought to increase the
capacity of STM)
10. Method of Loci
“Loci” = places
Associate places with parts of information
in the order they are to be recalled
Works because of…
Elaborative rehearsal
Organisation
Dual coding
11. Keyword Method
e.g. Learning a foreign language
Horse = Caballo „cab-eye-yo‟
Visualise an eye riding a horse?
- The visual image should trigger
recall of the word
Works because of…
Elaborative rehearsal
Organisation
Dual coding
12. Creating a spider
diagram using
„branches‟
Main topic in
centre with
relevant
components/ideas
branching from the
centre
Works because of…
Elaborative rehearsal
Organisation
Dual coding