Easy way to memorize things?
Does anyone know an easy way to memorize stuff? My school gives us a bunch all of our classes and I need help.
Does anyone know an easy way to memorize stuff? My school gives us a bunch all of our classes and I need help.
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You need a hook to hang your hat on.
Memorizing a bunch of rules and formula (and dates and facts) will get you nowhere.
You need to form the links and connections between them. First, when you do, you will remember the dates, and even if it is a little fuzzy, you can follow the thread from something you remember to the foggy bit.
If you need to learn that the area of a circle is pi r^2, I really suggest you read Archimedes proof. If you can read it and understand it, you can derive the area when you need it and use the insight to derive other formula as you need it.
If that fails... try this... think about what the things look like. If you are trying to memorize something abstract then you need to give in a visual representation. If you are trying to remember pi r^2... think of a square pie -- and now you need a hook as to why that is the area and not the circumference. So put little man surveying the surface of your square pie. And then you need to keep it straight from circumference which is 2 pi r. So, here you have 2 pies are ... what are the? they just are.... and and a tape measure around the edge because that is what the circumference represents. And now visualize both of these sets of pies on your kitchen counter. I can guarantee that you will not forget these two formula.
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You need a hook to hang your hat on.
Memorizing a bunch of rules and formula (and dates and facts) will get you nowhere.
You need to form the links and connections between them. First, when you do, you will remember the dates, and even if it is a little fuzzy, you can follow the thread from something you remember to the foggy bit.
If you need to learn that the area of a circle is pi r^2, I really suggest you read Archimedes proof. If you can read it and understand it, you can derive the area when you need it and use the insight to derive other formula as you need it.
If that fails... try this... think about what the things look like. If you are trying to memorize something abstract then you need to give in a visual representation. If you are trying to remember pi r^2... think of a square pie -- and now you need a hook as to why that is the area and not the circumference. So put little man surveying the surface of your square pie. And then you need to keep it straight from circumference which is 2 pi r. So, here you have 2 pies are ... what are the? they just are.... and and a tape measure around the edge because that is what the circumference represents. And now visualize both of these sets of pies on your kitchen counter. I can guarantee that you will not forget these two formula.
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Here's my best advice:
1. The day you learn something, it is important to get 8 hours sleep. Any less and that percentage is lost. 6hours sleep and you lose an extra 25%. (a major place, like Harvard studied this.) So get plenty of sleep after you learn something!
2. Don't do homework the day you learn it. Wait 1 or 2 days. By relearning it, you will know it better, AND it will stay with you longer!
3. Review after 1 or 2 weeks, and in a month. Just like #2, it makes it last better and longer.
4. Teach it to someone. There's an old saying, if you want to know it, teach it!
5. Sooth your brain. If your brain is busy with emotions, love, hate, worry, etc. it can use up to 80% of your thinking process!
6. Be evaluated for learning disabilities like dyslexia. Some don't show up until the teen years. And help is available!
7. Get in a study group. Explain things to each other. It's fun, and you learn.
8. Realize that Algebra & Unit Cancellation are the most usable math there is, it has a vast usage in our lives!
9. Math is a language. You need to practice to get it to sink in. After a while it will seem normal.
10. There are a few memory aids, like PEMDAS, FOIL & SOHCAHTOA. Learn them, it helps.
These area few of the things I've learned over my many learning, teaching & tutoring years.
Thomas
I just use flashcards and then whichever ones I get wrong I put in a seperate pile. I then do those, and whichever of those I get wrong I put in another pile. I keep doing this until I have no flash cards left.