Forgetting is a natural process, with thegreatest losses occurring within the first 24 hours of learning. After one dayyou will forget 46% of what you read, 79% after 14 days, and 81% after 28 days.Clearly, it is essential to review readings and lecture notes within one or twodays of initial exposure, with brief additional reviews interspersed in laterweeks.
PAY ATTENTION AND INTEND TO REMEMBER
Which are you more likely to remember, the name ofa coworker or your boss? We remember when we decide to remember and when wehave a reason/motivation.
1. Eliminate distractions while reading/studying.
2. Develop a strong motivation; think of a reasonwhy you want to learn this.
ANALYZE HOW TO REMEMBER EACH FACT & CONCEPT ASYOU ENCOUNTER IT
1. Decide whether you will emphasize concepts,memory devices, visualization, or reciting.
2. Relate new material to facts and concepts youalready know.
3. To memorize terminology, think about familiarparts of the words or study the Greek and Latin roots.
INTERPRET/UNDERSTAND THE MATERIAL
1. To improve your long-term memory and to performbetter on complex test questions, focus on understanding the basic ideas ratherthan simply memorizing isolated facts.
2. Explain concepts to family members and studypartners.
This "teaching" will help you deepen yourown understanding.
ORGANIZE THE MATERIAL
1. As you listen to a lecture or read, use"advanced organizers" obtained by prior knowledge or scanning toorganize the new information. Just as an office worker needs a filing system,you need a mental filing system if you hope to comprehend and retrieve what youhave learned.
2. During review, organize your notes by writingquestions or headings in the left margin. Create study charts to summarize yournotes or text.
3. The human brain appears to be able to hold onlyseven chunks of information in immediate memory, so breaking up material intocategories will help you remember.
VISUALIZE THE MATERIAL
Half of the brain thinks in words and the otherhalf in pictures; use both parts of your brain.
1. Study pictures, diagrams, and charts in yourtext and develop your own.
2. Visualize information. For example, to rememberthe date of Lincoln's birth, visualize a log cabin with 1809 carved above thedoor. WARM REGARDS, Akhtar khatri
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