What is the best way to memorise what you have studied?

Question

For a long time I have been studying by answering book problems or reading the same thing over and over. Some times I remember it other time I don't. What is a good way to remember what I have studied or a better way to study?

Answer 1

write it down over and over. especially the parts that just don't seem to stick.

Answer 2

Make up really weird ways of remembering it. Relate the event or place, or whatever it may be to something you use or talk about in everyday life. or you can make up a song.

you can also make flashcards and putting the questions on the front and answers on the back.

another way is saying it aloud. studies show that saying something outloud and visualizing it can help it stay in your brain! Studies also show that highlighting the information with a pink highlighter helps. I don't know if that works, but you can try.

The way that works for me most of all is teaching that information to someone.

Hope those helped.

Answer 3

um... i dont usually have problems i read the stuff once or twice and i memorized it right away but a lot of my friends when they have problems for study what they do is they make questionaries, or you could read the thing a few times then put the book away and write all you have learned to see how much it is

Answer 4

Studying without pressure (on time, a lot of time before the exam) and studying right before sleep seems to help me.

When studying without pressure you must think of it as kind of reading a magazine, not concentrating like mad, but still reading through it.

Answer 5

Make up a funny story cheat sheet about you bestfriends. But dont use it!!

Answer 6

Go over it.

Answer 7

Write them on sticky notes and put them some place you go often.

Answer 8

place has to be very quite to memories

Answer 9

sing a song

Answer 10

make up a song!!

Answer 11

think of a nick name

Answer 12

A little bit EVERY day!

Also in short bursts of 11 minutes followed by 5 minute break of mental task.(recent UK study shows marked improvement in performance).

Most important thing to remember in terms of your memory is to get as much undisturbed sleep at night as you can and studies now suggest that an occasional daytime nap is beneficial to good memory retention.

Worst thing for your memory is sleep deprivation and stress or trauma.

Contrary to popular opinion it is not a good idea to use caffeinated drinks such as coffee/tea and cola or drugs as a memory/study aid. So wean yourself of of coffee or cola.

There are a few good books available to buy and one such publication suggests the use of imagery of familiar objects as a kind of tag or marker to use to remember things including dates and numbers.

Remember 10 minutes per day (for 6 days) of reading over and over is much better than reading for one hour for 1 or 2 days only.

A little and often, once you have it memorized after the first week then just look at it again once or twice per week thereafter.

Study in a quiet environment - sorry that means no music - not even Mozart....lol  . Studies show that most music has a bad effect on performance and can even dull your receptiveness when you are trying to remember most.

That is why Libraries are quiet places - it's not just that Librarians are difficult people.

Answer 13

Study in short sessions, 60 minutes tops, take a break, so what you have learned has time to sink in.

Answer 14

put it in a song

what i do is listen to music

and repeat the word

or sentence three times

then i wait for a couple of minutes

and try to remember what it was

if i got it right then i'd move on

if i didnt

then i'd say it until i knew it like the back of my hand

Answer 15

keep repeatin it to yourself in yourhead or outloud!

Answer 16

Talk to school advisors or the study pros in school on options.....and whatever works best for you will be what is the best way.

We are all different and different techniques work for different people.

Sorry I can't do better than that but it's the truth.

Who knows...maybe someone on here can share something with you that works!!

Best of luck on this.....I feel you cuz it's the same for me!!

Answer 17

try flash cards? i dunno

Answer 18

what kind of test

Answer 19

Reading the  same thing over and over again can get tedious. Also you will get tired of reading the same thing and your brain will tune it out.

You should read the stuff a few times and then see if you can write down, in point form, the key themes, facts, etc.

Wait a day, and try it again. Writing things down out of your memory is a great way to test what you know.

Best of Luck!

Answer 20

write a paragraph about the information, or create bullet points or easyer learning, and then  read them until you have memorised it ( works especially well for languages and maths )

Answer 21

I always had good luck reading a page, and then closing the book and asking myself what I just read. A great way to check your retention, and doesn't take much time, compared to rewriting everything you read. If you aren't positive about what you just read, re-read it untill you can answer your own questions, before proceeding. Then a skim before test time, and peruse all the notes you took in class. A lot of teachers add info that is not covered in the text, and will certainly add it to the exam to check retention and attention. Take good notes, or record the classes and reveiw thoroughly before exam day.

Answer 22

Your brain remembers stuff best in 3's. So you can try reciting the facts in 3s or something like that.

Answer 23

well i went through this same sort of thing and the way that i got it to work for me is to study right before you go to bed and you should be amazed how these things will come  to you so much more easier. good luck to you

Answer 24

Try to associate it to something what you know and like.

Answer 25

Depends what you are trying to remember, but telling someone else what you have learnt helps to imprint it in your memory.  Or make a map in your mind and remember certain things in specific places on the map.  For example mentally walk through your house.  Put one piece of information in the bedroom, another in the kitchen, another in the bathroom etc.  'See' it written on the wall, or hiding under the bed, or sitting in the bath etc.

Answer 26

By reading ALOUD and studying ALOUD repetitively.  Don't study silently in your head.

Answer 27

Make flashcards and work on them really hard and put a different picture for each different thing so you can remember a section by picture. Different colors work for me, too. Put the harder stuff in red and the other stuff in nice colors like purple or blue. Study right before bed and don't stress before bieng quizzed on it. Just relax and recall.

Answer 28

Have your teacher use bubbabrain.com and post their class content online.  It is a website that uses an interactive game to help students with class content.

www.bubbabrain.com

Answer 29

Say it over and over and over and over...

Answer 30

Seriously, I've had this problem for years. I find that interactive studying (questioning what you are reading) (being vocal and having a conversation with yourself about the material content) versus passive studying (openly accepting) (reading with no review involved) works much better. This can present a problem if you have no background knowledge about the material you are reading however... so if you decide to read the entire material then do so, absorb it while still critically thinking ( this translates to independently thinking- what is the author's aim) and question yourself after or act as though you are the instructor/lecturer and speak outloud regarding what you have just read. Hearing yourself allows for you to ask additional questions, visualize what you are reading and comprehend it to the best of your ability. Also, when you are reading try to remember key terms which explain concepts and raw data (actual numbers and figures). Try to avoid phrases which are argumentative, e.g.

"Cells are fundamentally the units of all living organisms, in this respect they are crucial and essential to the study of biology."

From this statement above someone can easily argue that cells are not as crucial to the study of biology as are atoms because atoms compose cells- they can then persuade the readers/listeners that atoms are in fact fundamental to biology, and, because they compose cells, cells are lesser important and not as fundamental to biology. This is a matter of opinion...

Instead of adopting/remembering opinionated views, remember the facts and key terms that explain the processes you are learning about. It would be wiser to try to remember that "cells are units of life." Try to take an objective standpoint.

Tools wise to consider: flashcards and creating diagrams/pictures.

Applying what you are reading to real world applications is tremendous in assisting with your comprehension. Linking what you learn to a similar process also is beneficial. Creating acronoyms (PEMDAS "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally" Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subraction- for the Order of Operations) also helps, including figurative numbers. For example, there are (4) main categories of tissues within the human body: 1. epithelial, 2. muscle, 3. nervous and 4. connective.

Also, your attitude greatly subconsciously affects your learning. You'll find the more you want to learn something with a positive attitude you are easily able to remember the material.

Food is surprisingly important when it comes to memory- try to eat fruits and vegetables- because you are supplying your body with proper nutrients your brain cells are more functional and easier to detoxify materials, you would be amazed at your memory after eating a salad versus consuming chemically created/synthetic goods. In fact, some chemical additives are detrimental to your body and it's organs including the most important organ of all- your brain!

Lastly, review is crucial for your memory. In fact our retention rate for information is ridiculous, we forget something like (fabricated) 80% of what we learn within a day without review. That statistic I'm sure is relatively close to the actual data, I'm just too lazy to verify it at this moment and have studying myself to resume to, lol. Review and test yourself.

Hope this helps, good luck!

Answer 31

Read over it a million times..

then it will get stuck in yur brain so you wont be able to forget it..

happens to me all the time.

Yeah or yooh could make up a song lol :).