A Research On Memory Strategies

Carter, C., Bishop, J., & Kravitz, S.L. (2011). Key to Effective Learning: Study Skills and Habits

As I was reading “Memory and Imagination,” a memoir, written by Hampl, I could not stop keep making connections with another memoir that I previously read, “The Peril of Memory” by Ventura. The themes of both memoirs relate to recalling memory. Hampl talks about memory in terms of writing a memoir, and Ventura tells about how memory can change and affect the present. It was very interesting to see how two different authors have similar views and experiences of memory and how they grow with memory.

John Dunlosky, "Strengthening the Student Toolbox: Study Strategies to Boost Learning," American Educator, Fall, 2013. This article provides different learning applicable techniques both for teachers and students. The most effective methods are practice testing and distributed practice. Practice testing is a self-testing on to-be-learned material while distributed practice is a schedule of practice that spreads out study activities over time (Dunlosky, 2013).

This article explains the importance of getting the perfect amount of sleep at night. The idea that sleeping for less than five hours or more than nine hours proves to have a negative effect on the human body. Sleep deprivation has a closely related link to memory retention and can cause a person to have trouble with daily task. The author continues to explain that not only is the brain effected by too little or too much sleep, but the rest of the body is also effected. Conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and even depression have links to not getting the perfect amount of sleep. The article concludes with listing tips to get the ideal amount of sleep at night, such as, going to sleep and waking up at the same time every day and limiting the amount of caffeine that is consumed throughout the day.

When a student merely reviews the information in a textbook or notes, but doesn’t take the time to test themselves to see if they really understand what they are reading or if they review the test questions while looking at the answers, it can have a negative effect on their test scores. However, if the student were to alter their study patterns they could not only do better on the test, but retain more of the information.

During the review process new material, new insight and relationships are still connecting with old memories (Schenck, 2011, p.279). Rehearsal is the stage before the assessment, in which connections and memories are being strengthened and the ability to retrieve from the memory is almost instinctive. Effective and Ineffective study skills and strategies play an important role in getting students from processing new material to the ability to retrieve from the memory instantly. However, some strategies that we thought were effective are in in fact not effective at all. For instance, cramming is a popular form of studying. Students usually lock themselves away a few days leading up to a big test and try to fill their memory with information. This is something I use to do and my thinking was it would be fresh and easier to remember closer I got to the test. Yet, cramming simply does not work because our brains do not have the ability to store enough of the information that would be on a typical exam, in our short term memories. In fact when we cram we usually aren’t providing our bodies with the proper sleep or brain food that would help us succeed.

The more time spent on something the better you are. This is the strategy that is being employed in the education system to improve test scores. The latest education reform aimed at closing the gap of test performance has been extended learning time. This reform limits students’ time outside of the classroom and maintains a focus on test preparation. This approach has not been proven to be 100% effective. 42 studies showed no positive impact from year-round school. Every student learns differently, thus the approach should be different for every student.

Cramming before a test allows you to retain the information on a short-term basis but the days after the test it is like never studying for the test. Nate Kornell, a professor of psychology at Williams College, researches effective learning strategies. He suggests different ways to study for tests. One way to retain information is a distributed practice, which involves spacing out the material. Students can learn the material over a period of time and be able to sort thought the information during the

While reading Memory and Being a Successful College student I have come to realize that our memory has a key role in our learning. Without our memory we would not be able to learn for the reason that when we recieve new information there has to be a place to store it this is when our consciousness comes to take care of us. But many people see it as by just listening you will acquire the knowledge however the mind is more complex than that since our brain gets distracted, and has three types of memory. The first reason was our brain gets distracted by your surrounding this is known as secondary task but there is a way to limit your attention so you can focus on what you really need to learn. To do this you need to think of you attention as a

Everybody has wanted to know about a person without feeling like a total creep at least once in their lifetime. Well now you can with these nifty little invention that has been clinging to human civilization since the olden days, books. In the pieces literature”One Million Volumes,” and “Keep Memory Alive” you can find common message embedded in text that states the importance our connection to the past. Both stories tells a message, each has details that support a shared message, and both of these stories’ messages can relate to our own lives in some way.

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it become a memory - Dr. Seus. some people don´t get the value of their memory. I cherish all of mine and now i´m going to share some with you.

Tran suggests that ‘testing is undoubtedly a useful technique for promoting information acquisition’ (Tran, 2015, p.140). Self testing was a vital part of Trans experiment, the participants in the experiment studied and reviewed information by rereading or taking a test, the testing option produced the better results in the participants. The effectiveness of testing as suggested by Tran has been found in the classroom, if the review of subjects was done in a testing method rather than in a restudying of the same topic the students attained better results and had better memory retrieval process (Tran, 2015).Although Tran does support the effectiveness of self testing as a way of improving memory recall when studying, he also suggests that there is still questions as to when and how it does and does not in fact facilitate learning (Tran, 2015).Therefore, Tran is in agreement with Ariel and Karpicke that the practice of self testing is effective on students studying for the PSYC101 final exam, as it does enhance the memory recall process, and does produce better results in the results of the

Most of the people living today have read some sort of passage or information that talked about the nazis. In many cases everyone hears jews telling their story of living through the Nazis but not everyone hears about Japanese people living through it much. So now let's compare two real novels of a Japanese family called “Uproots of a Japanese-American Family” and a Jewish family called “Keep Memory Alive” that lived through the Nazi.

The most effective teachers in the studies of classroom instruction understood the importance of practice, and they began their lessons with a five- to eight-minute review of previously covered. These teachers provided additional practice on facts and skills that were needed for recall to become automatic. It is important for a teacher to help students recall the concepts and vocabulary that will be relevant for the day’s lesson because our working memory is very limited. If we do not review previous learning, then we will have to make a special effort to recall old material while learning new material, and this makes it difficult for us to learn the new material.

In the results provided in the journal, we see that in the free recall testing, the use of the 3R method was more successful across the board than those who used note taking or rereading as their study strategy. The results of the students who used the note-taking strategy and the rereading strategy were not as significant as students using the 3R strategy.