Whats the best way to remember information for a test.?

Question

I have tried many techniques but i they do not work very effectively. Please share your information.

Answer 1

Hi
Here is a blog " Remembering Techniques while Study"

This is giving good result.

Answer 2

Always study everything as soon as you take it so that you understand it better and it sticks to your memory. Don't try to study or remember something for the first time on the day before the test. If you already know it and studied it before, then it will be much easier to revise it before the test.
Also, try reading aloud the things you want to remember, that makes it a LOT easier. Make a rhythym, song, or nmemonic out of the words. Repeat saying them and come back to them every once in a while to refresh your memory
Also another very effective technique is writing as you study. Get a scrap notebook and whenever you memorize something new, write it down again without looking and repeat. If it's something you have to understand, try writing it down and explaining it in your own words to see how much you understand.
Get a friend to quiz you and ask you to say what you memorized, or teach what you learned to someone who doesn't know about it; if they understood from you, than you understand well.
Good Luck :) and remember; don't delay your studying to the last moment!

Answer 3

you can try reading the book of Harry Lorayne "How to Develop Super Power Memory"...it's really good.. there are even seminars that use the theories found in this book here in our country that has a very costly tuition fee....it basically deals with having a very eccentric/funny mental picture of the one you want to memorize (so that you'll remember it) and linking it with the next thing you want to memorize also in an eccentric/funny mental picture..so on and so forth..so you can make a story out of it...but i don't recommend memorization especially in essay types of test...i suggest you really understand your lesson, read it twice, thrice or four times if you don't understand...then you'll be amazed that when the test comes, you'll recall it..it's better coz it's for long term learning...

a similar technique:

You must ASSOCIATE (link) whatever it is you wish to remember with a fixed location in your mind using your IMAGINATION throughout.

We now know that the upper part of the brain is divided in half and that each half specializes in different mental traits. In order to enhance your ability to remember and bring together the features of both sides of the brain, you should include the following when you ASSOCIATE and use your IMAGINATION to produce mnemonic imagery:

1. Sensuality

Most of the great natural memorizers blended their senses and introduced the following elements when they memorized:

1. Vision
2. Hearing
3. Sense of smell
4. Taste
5.Touch
6. Kinesthesia (awareness of bodily position).

So the more that you involve your senses, the greater your ability to recall the information that you have learnt.

2. Movement

Ask yourself which of the two situations are you likely to remember the most? First of all consider an oak tree in a forest of oak trees. Now consider the same oak tree swaying violently while the trees around it are seemingly unaffected by whatever is causing the movement. The motion gives the mind more possibilities for it to 'link in' and thus remember.

3. Association

Association is one of the keys to a good memory. If you leave your coat in a cloakroom at a theatre, you will be given a ticket. When you return you expect to exchange the ticket that you were given for your coat. That is because the ticket you had was associated with the peg that held your coat. The same works with your memory. You will have a series of pegs in your mind (to be covered next month) which you associate with what you want to remember and when you recall, you go to that peg and the association will prompt the information stored.

4. Humor


Have fun with your memory and make all of your images funny, absurd and ridiculous. If you watch pedestrians walking past a lamp post in a crowded street nothing really stands out until someone does not watch where they are going and……….

5. Imagination

Einstein (see the section on The great Minds) said "Imagination is more important than knowledge". Your imagination is vital to a good memory and the more you use it the better your memory will be.

6. Number As Tony Buzan says, "Numbering adds specificity and efficiency to the principle of order and sequence".

7. Symbolism

A picture speaks a thousand words and so a more meaningful image that represents something boring or abstract will aid the memory process.

8. Color

If we introduce the facilities of both sides of the brain into our memory techniques our overall performance improves - Color is a feature of the workings of the right side of the brain. Also the more colorful the image, the easier it is to remember.

9. Order and/or sequence

By adding order and/or sequence it is easier for the brain to randomly access any piece of the information learned.

10. Positive Images

The more positive and pleasant your mnemonic images are, the more likely your brain will want to return to them.

11. Exaggeration


Exaggeration of size, shape and sound will enhance the image. If you saw a 10 foot high mouse wandering around your home town, I am sure that you would remember it!

Answer 4

Associate questions with SOMETHING that you will always remember.....(your Pretty or Ugly Body part)..ie;

Left Toe is pretty and it is a reflection of ...________________

This scare on my right leg ? ? ? MEANS this_____________

The Thumb nail is so ugly after slamming it in the car door when I was 6 years old......_____________

My Left Ear Means I " co-a-late" with Something......

I wipe my butt with _ _ _ _ Color paper _ and it means this ? ? ?

I Hold my Penis with the left hand and if it gets wet with piss it is because I need to remember to do _ _ _ _ _ _? ?

Does this help?
Note: All of the body parts and Bones can be defines by this method as well as the muscles and glands....
Try it..
You can associate everything......You can even color code.....

Answer 5

I always try to make a new word with the first letter of the words i am supposed to memorize

for example if you are supposed to memorize
Symbol Union Nuclear
you can memorize SUN instead.

Answer 6

Study every week.