MEMORY LEARNING AND IMPROVING CONCENTRATION

MEMORY LEARNING AND 

IMPROVING CONCENTRATION 

BY                : MADAM WAN ROHANA

LOCATION: DEWAN AL-BIRUNI 1

KNOWLEDGE IS NOT SKILL, KNOWLEDGE PLUS TEN THOUSAND TIMES IS SKILLS – SHINICHI SUZUKI

MEMORY LEARNING

We have already looked at the different stages of memory formation (from perception to sensory memory to short-term memory to long -term memory) in the section on types of memory.This section,however,looks at the overall processes involved. Memory is the ablility to encode,store and recall information.The three main processes involved in human memory are therefore encoding,storage and recall(retrieval). Additionally,the process of memory consolidation (which can be either part of the encoding process or the storageprocess) is treated here as a separate process in its own right.Some of the physiology and neurology involved in these processes is highly complex and technical (and some of it still not completely understood),and lies largely outside the remit of this entry level guide,although at least a general introduction is given here.More information on the architecture of the human brain,and the neurological processes by which memory is encoded,stored and recalled can be found in the section on memory and the brain.

MEMORY STRATEGIES

•             HELPS STUDENTS IN THEIR ENCODING,STORING ANDRETRIEVING THE INFORMATION (HELP TO REMEMBER AND RECALL)

•             REMEMBERING IS HARD WORK,AND MEMORY TECHNIQUE DO NOT NECESSARILY MAKE IT EASY,THEY JUST MAKE IT MORE EFFECTIVE

Memory strategies #1

Massed practice  Vs Spaced Practice

•             Massed practice (not good) is comprised of training or learning sessions that are long and intense as opposed to distributed practice which uses shorter and less intense sessions to impart information to a student or trainee.Massed practice has been shown through research to be ultimately less successful than the distributed practice model.

•             Spaced practice(good,recommended)-involves space time over some period of time for studying.spaced practice allow you

Memory strategies #2

Break reading materialdown (again no cramming) for some period of time.E.g. revise 2 chapters per day, not all chapters a day before the exam.

Memory strategies #3

Repeat the information many times. E.g.repeat a telephone number 10 times.

Memory strategies #4

•             MNEMONICS (Memory Tricks)

•             A tool to help remember facts or a large amount of information.

•             It can be a song,rhyme,or a phrase to help remember a list of facts in a certain order

Memory strategies #5 

TALENT YOU HAVE NATURALLY. SKILL IS ONLY DEVELOPED BY HOURS AND HOUR AND HOURS OF BEATING ON YOUR CRAFT.

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