https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/Recent content in Memory Skills on Teddy Rook Bookhttps://teddyrookbook.com/img/share.jpghttps://teddyrookbook.com/img/share.jpgHugoenhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/three-stages/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/three-stages/Every memory goes through three stages: you take it in (encode), you keep it (store), and you pull it back out (retrieve). Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/working-memory/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/working-memory/Working memory holds only a few things at once, about four chunks, so new information has to be grouped or practiced to stay. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/long-term-memory/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/long-term-memory/Long-term memory holds a huge amount for a long time; the hard part is not space but finding things again. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/attention/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/attention/Encoding starts with attention: what you only half notice is never stored well. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/meaning/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/meaning/Facts you understand and connect to what you know are encoded far better than facts you only repeat. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/cues/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/cues/A cue is any hint that leads you back to a memory: a first letter, a place, a picture, a question. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/forgetting-curve/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/forgetting-curve/Memory fades fastest right after learning and then more slowly; Hermann Ebbinghaus measured this in the 1880s. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/reading-the-curve/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/reading-the-curve/On a forgetting-curve graph, time runs left to right and memory runs up; each review is a jump back to the top. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/savings/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/savings/Even when you can't recall something, relearning it takes less time than the first learning; Ebbinghaus called this savings. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/spacing-effect/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/spacing-effect/The same study time spread over several days is remembered far longer than the same time crammed into one sitting. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/review-schedule/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/review-schedule/A simple starter schedule: learn it, then review on day 1, day 3, day 7 and day 21, each time by recalling first. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/next-review/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/next-review/Find the next review on the 1-3-7-21 schedule by asking which reviews are done and counting from the learning day. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/memory-box/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/memory-box/A box of index cards with tabs, Daily, Odd/Even, the days of the week and 1 to 31, that spaces reviews out on paper. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/testing-effect/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/testing-effect/Pulling something from memory strengthens it more than reading it again; a quiz is a way to learn, not only a way to check. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/retrieval-not-rereading/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/retrieval-not-rereading/Rereading feels productive because the text looks familiar, but familiarity is not the same as being able to recall it. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/narration/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/narration/Narration means closing the book and telling back what you just read or heard, in your own words. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/blank-page/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/blank-page/Write down everything you remember on a blank page, then check and fill the gaps in a different color. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/flashcards/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/flashcards/Good flashcards ask a question you must answer from memory, in both directions, and keep coming back until they are solid. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/chunking/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/chunking/A chunk is a group of items you treat as one unit; chunking lets a small working memory hold more. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/chunk-numbers/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/chunk-numbers/Long numbers are easier in groups of three or four, best of all when a group is something you know, like a year. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/chunk-lists/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/chunk-lists/A long list of words is easier when you sort it into a few groups by kind, then recall group by group. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/chunk-count/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/chunk-count/Count chunks by dividing the items by the chunk size and rounding up, then compare with the four-chunk workbench. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/dual-coding/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/dual-coding/Learning with a picture and words together gives a memory two paths back; it helps every learner. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/make-it-vivid/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/make-it-vivid/Memorable images are concrete, exaggerated, moving and a little funny, and they connect to the thing you need to recall. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/learning-styles/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/learning-styles/There is no good evidence that teaching to a "visual" or "auditory" learning style helps; pictures plus words help everyone. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/acronyms/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/acronyms/An acronym takes the first letter of each item and makes a word or name, like HOMES for the Great Lakes. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/acrostics/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/acrostics/An acrostic is a sentence whose words start with the same letters as the items, in order. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/rhymes-songs/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/rhymes-songs/Rhythm and rhyme give words a fixed shape, so a missing word stands out; songs are the oldest memory tool of all. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/keyword-method/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/keyword-method/To learn a new word, find an English word that sounds like it, then picture the two meanings together. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/palace-basics/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/palace-basics/Place each item along a route through a place you know well; walk the route in your head to recall them in order. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/palace-route/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/palace-route/A good route has distinct spots in a fixed order that you can walk without thinking, about 5 to 10 per room or area. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/palace-walk/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/palace-walk/To recall, walk the route spot by spot; the spot's number tells you the item's position. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/sleep/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/sleep/Sleep helps the brain keep what it practiced; review a little before bed and check in the morning. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/interleaving/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/interleaving/In review, mixing kinds of problems or subjects feels harder than doing one kind at a time, but it sticks better. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/teach-it/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/teach-it/Explaining what you learned to someone else is retrieval practice, and it shows you what you really understand. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/by-age/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/by-age/Young children do well with songs, chants and picture cards; ages 8 to 11 add chunking, acronyms and a memory box; 12 and up add self-testing and memory palaces. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/first-session/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/first-session/Four steps: choose one small thing, encode it with one tool, retrieve it with the book closed, and space it on the calendar. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/weaker-plan/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/weaker-plan/Compare two study plans by checking each habit: spaced or crammed, recall or reread, mixed or blocked, rested or tired. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/choose-technique/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/choose-technique/Match the tool to the material: palaces for order, chunking for numbers, sketches for structure, acronyms for first letters, songs for exact wording, narration for stories. Memory Skills · Memory Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/plan-session/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/memory/memory-skills/plan-session/Put it all together: what to learn, which tool, how to recall, when to review, plus sleep and mixing. Memory Skills · Memory Ladder