Klemm, W. Is Memorization Bad for Learning? Sparks, J. The handbook of essential mathematics. Gregory and V. Miller Eds. The Airforce Research Laboratory, pp Thalheimer, W. Willingham, D. San Fransisco, Jose Bass. Please check the Train the Trainer course at Pilgrims website.
Siusana Kweldju, Indonesia. Discussion Memorizing is so important before the age of smart phone and before constructive learning conception was first introduced.
Conclusion In short, real learning does not normally occur in one-time events. References Garii, B. Tagged Voices. View Article. There are numerous cases in which having knowledge immediately at the tip of your tongue can have tremendous social and professional value.
For example, recently at a networking event, when I casually asked a Nigerian entrepreneur how much of his business was conducted in English versus in his native Yoruba , he immediately became more engaged in our conversation.
It was as if the simple fact that I knew that Yoruba was spoken in Nigeria seemed increase my social credibility, and therefore our rapport. The same goes for professional settings. If I am a pharmaceutical salesman talking to a doctor about a specific digestion drug, and he asks if it has any effect on the process of peristalsis , it will look quite unprofessional if I have to pull out my medical dictionary to look up the word.
Those facts need to be ingrained in my brain so I can access them immediately. It's true that we don't have to remember everything. There's good reasons we give out formulas for physics or math tests—we don't really care if students remember the formula for the area of a circle; we care if they can solve problems using it.
You can be a perfectly good coder without remembering every single Python command, you can speak French fluently without remembering every word, and you can even be a pretty good lawyer without remembering every legal case in the history of the world.
But each of those jobs does require you to remember some things. You can't code effectively without remembering most commands, you can't speak French fluently if you have to look up every word, and to be a competent lawyer, you really do need to remember a lot of law. Memorizing every fact isn't essential for most people's lives; but memorizing at least some facts is. Imagine how effective your teaching would be if you couldn't remember your students' names? The most important thing is that educators carefully determine where in the curriculum that rote knowledge retention is necessary, and draw the line before such memorization becomes a waste of time.
Rather than rote memorization, many educational situations need more personalized learning. Of course, most constructivist educators will argue that real-life simulations, on-the-job training, and project-based learning are more effective at learning new concepts than rote memorization.
And it's true: these forms of education can be very effective. One common type is when the first letter of each word in a sentence is also the first letter of each word in a list that needs to be memorized.
For example, many children learned the order of operations in math by using the sentence Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally parentheses, exponents, multiply, divide, add, subtract. Check out Wikipedia for a good list of examples and ideas. Talk to yourself. It may seem strange at first, but talking to yourself about the material you are trying to memorize can be an effective memory tool.
Try speaking aloud instead of simply highlighting or rereading information. Studies show that exercise can improve our memory and learning capabilities because it helps create neurons in areas that relate to memory. Cardio and resistance training weights both have powerful effects, so do what works best for you.
Practice interleaving. Interleaving is the idea of mixing or alternating skills or concepts that you want to memorize. For example, spend some time memorizing vocabulary words for your science class and then immediately switch to studying historical dates and names for your history class. Follow that up with practicing a few math problems, and then jump back to the science definitions.
This method may seem confusing at first, but yields better results in the end than simply spending long periods of time on the same concept. Check out this video for more explanation on interleaving and other similar strategies.
Visual and spatial techniques are memory tricks that involve your five senses. They utilize images, songs, feelings, and our bodies to help information stick. Humans have outstanding visual and spatial memory systems.
When you use visual and spatial memory techniques, you use fun, memorable, and creative approaches rather than boring, rote memorization.
This makes it easier to see, feel, or hear the things you want to remember. Visual and spatial techniques also free up your working memory. When you group things together, you enhance your long-term memory. Using visual and spatial techniques helps your mind focus and pay attention when your mind would rather wander to something else. They help you make what you learn meaningful, memorable, and fun. The common practice of using your knuckles to remember the number of days in each month is a great example of an easy visual spatial technique to help you remember details.
Memorable visual images. The next time you have a key item you need to remember, try making a memorable visual image to represent that item. Images help you remember difficult concepts by tapping into visual areas. Rather than just visualizing an image, try to smell , feel , and hear the image as well. For example, if you are trying to remember that the capital of Louisiana is Baton Rouge, draw up an image of a girl named Louise carrying a red baton.
The memory palace technique. This technique involves visualizing a familiar place—like the layout of your house or dorm room—and using it as a visual space where you can deposit concept-images that you want to remember. This technique can help with remembering unrelated items, like a grocery list. To use the memory palace technique, visualize your place house or dorm room and then imagine items from your grocery list in different areas around the place.
For example, picture a cracked egg dripping off the edge of the table or a bushel of apples sitting on the couch. This technique can take some time to get used to, but once you do, the quicker and more effective it becomes. This Ted Talk explains memory palaces more.
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