Memory Strategies
Hello readers,
For today’s topic I want to share with you guys about memory strategies and how it works. Enjoy!
(Activity 4.1 : page 90)
The above screenshot is my answer
to the activity 4.1. So, based on the instruction given, I got 3 points for YES answer and 3 points
for No answer. My TOTAL POINT IS 6.
*note: A high score indicates that
you are already using many good memory strategies.
Here comes the question. What are
MEMORY STRATEGIES?
Memory Strategies
Memory strategies are important to
help us aid our memory from what we have learnt. “Having a good memory” involves
both putting information into memory and getting it back out—both storage and
retrieval.
There are two types of memory
strategies that I want to share with you today;
General Memory Strategies
The following general strategies
can help us acquire, retain, and retrieve course information.
·
Spaced Practice
Spaced practice involves spacing your study time over a longer period, with breaks between practice sessions. Studying for a shorter periods of time is wiser. For example, we study for one or two hour time blocks can prevent us from boredom, avoid fatigue and improve our concentration and motivation as well.
Spaced practice allows some time for the information to jell in long term memory. If we try to remember too much things in one time, we would not be able to retrieve very much of them.
·
Break Task Down
Instead
of learning all the information for our examination at one time, study one or
two chapters each day and add additional material such as notes from lecturers
or tutorial we have done during classes.
By doing
that, we can do better job to get it into our long term memory.
·
Repetition
We cannot
learn information by repeating it only one time. Cannot!
Why? It
is because during college life we need to learn so many complex information
that repeating all of them for just one time won’t work for us. Always look up
or reread the same information daily.
·
Overlearning
Overlearning
is an important strategy for test preparation. It involves continuing work on
material even after it is learned – long term memory. Every time we review the
information back, we reduce forgetting and strenghten the path to your long term memory.
Specific Memory Strategies
Many specific learning strategies
are effective for helping you learn and remember. Weinstein and Mayer describe
five groups of learning strategies: rehearsal strategies, elaboration
strategies, organizational strategies, comprehension monitoring strategies, and
affective and motivational strategies.
• Rehearsal
It involves practicing the material until it is learned. As we know, we need a lot of repetiton to learn an information. There are two types of rehearsel strategies which are low-level and high-level rehearsal
So, that is all the information I want to
share with you. Thank you so much for reading and goodbye!
p/s: All of the information above are based on my study skill textbook provided by my lecturer for study skill (UED102) course. All of the images or pictures are just my creativity. I do not own any of them.
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