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Sentences and acrostics mnemonic memory technique
Like acronyms, you use the first letter of each word you are trying to remember.
Instead of making a new word, though, you use the letters to make a sentence. Here are
some examples:
My Dear Aunt Sally (mathematical order of operations: Multiply and Divide before you
Add and Subtract)
Kings Phil Came Over for the Genes Special (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Genus,
Species)
Can you think of other examples? Like acronyms, acrostics can be very simple to
remember and are particularly helpful when you need to remember a list in a specific
order. One advantage over acronyms is that they are less limiting. If your words don't
form easy-to-remember acronyms, using acrostics may be preferable. On the other hand, they
can take more thought to create and require remembering a whole new sentence rather than
just one word (as is the case with acronyms). Otherwise, they present the same problem as
acronyms in that they aid memorization but not comprehension.
Practice and feedback helps to memorize
Athletes, actors, speakers, and musicians practice their
skills over and over again. If
there's a simple fact answer, asking the student to give that answer
to several
questions that vary just a little different from each other
is likely to be helpful.
It's especially important to distribute this practice
over time and situations. Simple
and direct feedback is a major benefit to their people as they work to acquire recall
mastery of things like arithmetic facts, the names of states and their capitals, and facts
from history and science courses. It is also important to give feedback as to how well
that he or she is doing in memory work.
Memory Exercise keeps the heart strong and mind fresh
Why should aerobic fitness matter to the brain? Exercise keeps the heart strong and
blood vessels open, which in turn ensures that brain cells get all the nutrients they need
for peak performance. That's critically important to brain function.
Use it or lose it' about the body. The same advice goes for the brain. More and more
research, in fact, shows that a combination of mental and physical activities can protect
your memory and help keep you alert.
Although neurons make up only 2% of total body weight, they use one quarter of all the
glucose and oxygen the body takes in. A vigorous workout also triggers parts of the brain
related to movement and balance, which can keep neuron connections strong.
With age, many people begin to experience problems coming up with names or numbers. The
memory is there. It just takes people longer to retrieve it.
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