There are a
number of powerful ways to help you remember what you study and train your
brain to memorize things faster.
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| The Best Way to Study and Memorize |
The Best Study Techniques for Memorization
Choosing the
best way to study is through comprehending and understanding the principles of
learning skills. Whereas the student learns and masters these skills; Such as
memorizing, reading, taking notes, and summarizing, makes him qualified to
choose the best and most effective way for the learning and study process.
Learning memorization skills, methods and strategies are crucial to providing appropriate means to facilitate the study process, make it more effective, and support the study and memorization processes.
Many
counselors and authors provided many books and methods to guide students in
choosing the best method for the study process.
The academic
failure of some students is not primarily due to defects in mental abilities or
a low level of intelligence. Rather, it is a result of their lack of
correct and proper learning and memorization skills, and their lack of
application and course of the study process through it.
The best
study techniques for memorization are highlighted through the following points:
- Assigning meaningfulness to things and learn general and specific later.
- Reciting out loud in words until there is no need to refer to the notes.
- Solving the problem of forgetting things and increasing the ability to retain information in the student's memory for a longer period of time.
- Quick and easy recall of required information when you need it.
- Studying in different locations.
- Using acronyms, mnemonics and image-name associations.
- Formation of a positive attitude towards school subjects, the teacher and the educational institution.
- Reducing the test anxiety levels and related factors.
- Learning how to study efficiently and establishing a consistent pretest routine
- Raising the level of academic achievement and achieving the excellence and success that the student seeks, and thus the sense of self-satisfaction that plays a positive role in the educational process and the achievement of the individual.
How to Study and Remember What You Read
The authors
and psychology professors spoke of the necessity for the student to possess
many skills related to the process of recall and study, which would lead the
student to the best ways to achieve academic success and psychological
stability, in addition to obtaining a balance between all aspects of life from
the educational, entertainment, social and spiritual life. In addition to
sports, culture and others, among the most prominent of these skills are as
follows:
Memorization Strategies
Memorization
is one of the most important skills that students must observe and master
during the learning process.
Among the most important principles of good and correct preservation, which achieves stability of information for the longest possible period of time, are the following:
Understanding and organizing: Organizing the subject matter - in the form of groups of units that share the same main idea - makes the memorization process easier and more effective.
Distributed practice: Psychologists' studies have shown that distributing memorization times for the same educational material increases the level of retention of information and facilitates retrieval.
Self-recitation: Repeated recitation with the use of the previous skill (distributed memorization) aids in the transmission of information from short-term memory to long-term memory.
Positive
Activity: The student personally searches and digs for facts and information.
The effectiveness of self-activity is shown by the fact that the information
obtained by the student through his personal effort and activity is not liable
to be forgotten. Such as information that the student receives readily from the
teacher during the educational process.
Organizational and Time Management Skills
The importance of time management appears in determining the appropriate time to start the study process, determining the appropriate time for periods of sleep and rest, knowing the best times for practicing recreational activities, in addition to choosing the appropriate times to carry out the process of reviewing and confirming the information.
The
importance of exploiting these times in a fruitful and elaborate manner shows
the success in employing the appropriate study effort at the right time.
Thus, it
appears that preparing the student for his study schedule, distributing study
hours, and balancing them with other life activities, makes him more possible
to achieve the principle of successful investment of time, and thus reach the
highest level of success and achievement and achieve the desired goals.
Active Reading Strategies
Reading is
the primary method of studying. Where it aims to look at a specific topic,
study and memorize it, and answer the questions that the student seeks to
answer during the study process.
Some
students have some unhealthy habits in the mechanism of performance and use of
the reading process; Which makes them slower and less accomplished.
Among the most effective strategies for using the reading process productively is the so-called five-step system, which is as follows:
⇒Quickly
scanning and looking at the overall headings and names of the chapters and
units that make up the teaching material; So that the student has a
comprehensive idea of the content of the course material.
⇒Putting
questions about some topics and titles so that the student can answer them in
the following steps.
⇒Reading the
course material carefully in order to answer the questions and points that were
made in the previous phase.
⇒Reciting the
answers that have been identified and important information aloud and audibly
after the completion of any part or chapter of the course material.
⇒The review,
which takes place after completing the study process, addresses the problems of
forgetfulness, and enables information and fixes it. It may be an immediate
review after each study session or a periodic review at specific intervals.
Some general guidelines for improving your study habits
There are many ways, methods, and guidelines that the student can benefit from during the study process. Among the most important of these guidelines are the following:
✩The student should make for himself his own goals that he seeks to achieve and reach; So that these goals are appropriate to his interests, aptitudes, and abilities. Setting the goal enables the student to determine the final outcome of his educational and academic career.
✩Choose the right place for the study process. The environment surrounding the student must be a quiet and spacious that contains adequate and comfortable lighting, in addition to the good ventilation and moderate heat. The student must choose the place that prepares him to get physical rest with proper healthy sitting to avoid his fatigue when studying for long periods.
✩Strive to improve the skill of concentration through its continuous training, identifying the distractors that stand in the way of completing the attention process, trying to avoid them, and overcoming them as much as possible, in addition to taking regular breaks.
✩Take notes by recording and organizing important and key ideas and information; this helps the student in strengthening the process of retaining information and resisting forgetting.
✩Create active listening habits in the classroom. Listening carefully to the lesson is necessary to memorize and remember. Try to get away from the various distractions as much as possible.
✩Prepare for new lessons; This facilitates the process of linking the information of the previous lesson with the new lesson and forming a preconceived idea of the new information facilitates the process of understanding.