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Keys to Effective Learning

Seventh Edition

Chapter 9
Memory and Studying:
Retaining What You Learn

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Habit for Success

• Perceive
– Note—and then look beyond—what you see and
hear. Open sensory pathways. Build awareness so
that you can lock information into long-term memory
in a meaningful way.

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How Does Memory Work?
Learning and
performance
depend on
memory
Information you
remember is the
raw material for
thinking

Memory forms a foundation


for higher-level thinking

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The Information Processing: Model of
Memory

Raw Sensory
Information Registers

Long-term Short-term
Memory Memory

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Information Retrieval

Long-term Short-term Quiz/Essay


Memory Memory Question

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How Can You RememberWhat You
Study?

Take in
information

Knowledge
Retention
Review
continually
over time

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Use Memory Strategies Based on
Journalists’ Questions

Question Helps you choose…

When, Where, and Who Time, Places, and


Company

What and Why What to Study and What to


Set Aside

How Steps and Techniques that


Work

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When to Study

What Time How Soon


to Study after
Learning

How Long
to Study
When to
(2 hrs per
Stop
credit
hour) When

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Where to Study

What
locations are
available?

What’s open
What when you
locations have time
work for you? free?

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Who to Study With

Alone Both Group

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What to Study and Why

Choose Prioritize
Materials Materials

Set Specific Focus on


Goals Main Points
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How to Study
Build
Use the intention and
information Put your
connection notes to
work
Use audio Understand what
strategies you memorize

Use learning Study during


preferences Study short, frequent
sessions
Strategies
Use flash
cards
Take care of
yourself
Use
Recite, analytical
rehearse, and Organize items
you are thinking
write skills
processing

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How Can Mnemonics Boost Recall?

Imagination

Location Association

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Types of Mnemonics

Visual Images • Colors, Dimensions, Action Scenes


and Associations • Objects with Human Traits, Humor

• New Ideas
Method of Loci • Familiar Locations

• Word Acronym
Acronyms • List Order Acronym

Songs and • Poems


Rhymes • Set to Music

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Habit in Action

• Jairo Alcantara, student,


Baruch College
– How did Jairo perceive
and build awareness?
– How can you?

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