Mnemonic Strategies
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Mnemonic Strategies How do you remember places, events, and people? Mnemonic Strategies Long-term Memory • The storehouse of everything you know about the world and yourself. It is unlimited. Anything you have stored in longterm memory is available for later recall. Mnemonic Strategies Short-term Memory • This is transient working memory. Those things you are paying attention to right now must first pass through this narrow channel. There are two major limitations. Mnemonic Strategies • First, only a small amount of information can be held there. Second, the information can be held for only a short amount of time. It fades if we shift our attention to something else. It can’t hold anything more than 30 seconds and can store only 5 to 9 items. Mnemonic Strategies Mnemonic Device • This is a strategy for organizing information with the only purpose of making it more memorable. Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking: Listen to the following series of numbers. Pencils down! Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking 1, 7, 7, 6, 1, 8, 6, 1, 1, 9, 1, 4, 1, 9, 4, 1, 1, 9, 8, 1, 1, 9, 9, 5 177, 618, 611, 914, 194, 119, 811, 995 or 1776, 1861, 1914, 1941, 1981, 1995 Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking Vincent is preparing a slide with a series of letters. Get ready to chunk. No pencils! Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking ROFGNIOKLOSN R E T PTAPE LH S U N SAR E L Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking Anybody want to try? Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking ROF OSN PEL SAR GNI OKL R E T PTA HSUN EL Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking ROFGNIOKLOSN R E T PTAPE LH S U N SAR E L Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking LOOKI NG FOR PATTERNS HELPS US LEARN Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word – ROY G BIV Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word – ROY G BIV – My Very Efficient Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word – ROY G BIV – My Very Efficient Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas – Norman Eats Shredded Wheat Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word – Kings Play Cards On Fuzzy Green Stools Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word – Kings Play Cards On Fuzzy Green Stools – Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word – Kings Play Cards On Fuzzy Green Stools – Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally – Know The Canyon’s History; Study Rocks Made By Time Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word – King Henry Died Monday Drinking Chocolate Milk (Metric System: Kilometer, Hectometer, Dekameter, Meter, Decimeter, Centimeter, Millimeter) Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word – King Henry Died Monday Drinking Chocolate Milk (Metric System: Kilometer, Hectometer, Dekameter, Meter, Decimeter, Centimeter, Millimeter) – Sally Miller Hates Eating Okra (Great Lakes left to right) Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Method of Loci Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Method of Loci – Cicero Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Method of Loci – Cicero – A Stroll through his village Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Method of Loci – Cicero – A Stroll through his village Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Method of Loci – Cicero – A Stroll through his village Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Method of Loci – Cicero – A Stroll through his village Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Method of Loci – Cicero – A Stroll through his village Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Method of Loci – Cicero – A Stroll through his village – Down Snoqualmie’s Main Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Method of Loci – Cicero – A Stroll through his village – Down Snoqualmie’s Main Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Method of Loci – Cicero – A Stroll through his village – Down Snoqualmie’s Main Street – Your Home Floor Plan Mnemonic Strategies Mnemonic Strategies Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Method of Loci • Peg Word – Numbers : One is a bun; Two is a shoe; Three is a tree; Four is a door; Five is a hive; Six are sticks; Seven is Heaven; Eight is a gate; Nine is a lion; Ten is a hen Mnemonic Strategies • Chunking • Key Word • Method of Loci • Peg Word – Numbers: One is a bun; Two is a shoe; Three is a tree; Four is a door; Five is a hive; Six are sticks; Seven is Heaven; Eight is a gate; Nine is a lion; Ten is a hen – Alphabet: Each letter different and based on person’s background Mnemonic Strategies Mnemonic Strategies Mnemonic Strategies Mnemonic Strategies Mnemonic Strategies Mnemonic Strategies Mnemonic Strategies Mnemonic Strategies Mnemonic Strategies Mnemonic Strategies Mnemonic Strategies Mnemonic Strategies Mnemonic Strategies Mnemonic Strategies Mnemonic Strategies Mnemonic Strategies Mnemonic Strategies Mnemonic Strategies Mnemonic Strategies Mnemonic Strategies Mnemonic Strategies Peach jam Hot dogs Mustard lettuce Tomatoes Tooth Paste Potato chips Hot Tamales [candy] Salsa Light bulbs
