after watching the interview, does the memorization techniques sound familiar to what you do to memorize?
"When I type notes, I look at the screen, and when I look at something for a long time, I have an impression on it, so it is easier for me to memorize." - Fanny Oyang (12)
"I would just stare at the dates and force myself to memorize it." - Calvin Lee (12)
"I just keep repeating it in my head." Victor Kaneshige (12)
All of the memorization techniques used by these students reflect the classical "stare and repeat" method.
Just Kidding, there is a technical term for this technique as will be introduced below.
ROTE MEMORIZATION DEFINITION ROTE MEMORIZATION is a learning process that involves repeating information until it is remembered verbatim. Actors and singers often use rote memorization when they have to learn the lines of a play or a song. Students also use rote memorization to prepare for spelling tests or to memorize definitions of terms, names of presidents, dates of wars, and multiplication tables, etc.
COMMON MISCONCEPTION Rote memorization is DIFFERENT from meaningful learning, where the material is applied or associated to other ideas and connections are made between concepts.
TECHNIQUES OF ROTE MEMORIZATION ACRONYMS
Aid in memorization
Create an acronym by taking the first letter of several words and use them to form one new, easy-to-remember word
Example: HOMES is an acronym often used to remember the Great Lakes (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior)
CHAIN MNEMONICS
Phrases and sentences where the first letter of each word reflects the order of something
Example: he first letter of each word in the sentence "Every Good Boy Does Fine" represents the order of the lines on the treble clef in music (EGBDF)
RHYMING
Another form of chain mnemonic
Example: Old rhyme "i before e except after c" which helps us remember the correct spelling of words like 'receive' and 'receipt'
For inspiration on the memorization front, check out the video below!! ROTE MEMORIZATION WORKS AND IT CAN BE DONE.
ADDITIONAL MEMORIZATION TECHNIQUES HEARD FROM THE INTERVIEW...
"I also like to memorize thematically, person by person, for example, Abraham Lincoln would be grouped with five sets of dates..." - Emily Chen (12)
This seems like an interesting one! What would the technique of "grouping"be called...?
CHUNKING Activity Time! Look at the following sequence of numbers: 2 3 7 8 9 0 7 6 1 2. Now close your eyes and repeat them out loud. How many did you remember? Did you get them all right? If you are like most people, you probably were not able to remember those 10 random numbers after only looking at them for a second or two. Remember 10 digits is not impossible, most of us do it all the time! But how...?
BY CHUN-KING!
DEFINITION Chunking is one way to make remembering relatively lengthy strings of information a little bit easier. It is particularly useful when we only need to remember something for a short period of time. As its name implies, chunking involves taking long strings of information like numbers or letters and grouping (or chunking) them into smaller, more manageable bits of information. So, if you broke that 10 digit string down into smaller chunks, you would only have to remember 2 groups of 3 digits and one group of 4 digits. This method is much easier than remembering a long string of 10 digits.
In Emily's case, she grouped dates, which are like numbers, and information together. By grouping specific people to specific dates, she does not have to member a mixture of dates and people (much harder).
EVERYDAY EXAMPLES! Scenario Your parents just got a new house security system. They are out of town and you are home alone for the weekend. Your parents forgot to give you the passcode to unlock the house security system before they left. You won't be able to get in the house without that passcode...oh no! You are driving on the highway to your house when your mother calls you to give you the passcode (8765439201). You are far away from home, you have nothing to take notes on, or a pen to write on your hands.
How are you going to remember the code?
Drum roll....
CHU-NK IT!
Before your dad recites the passcode to you, tell him to wait, and prepare yourself for some chunking. When you are ready, tell him to start. When he reties the passcode to you, you mentally group the long string of digits into smaller, easier, more manageable chunks of information. 876 543 9201 is much easier to remember RIGHT? Within a few seconds, YOU'RE SAVED! YOU CAN NOW GO HOME WITHOUT WORRIES! Thank god you know how to chunk!
LAST ONE I PROMISE. "I try to relate to a story, I relate to things that happens in my life." Jodelle Lai (11)
This method sounds extremely #deep.
Seriously though, what is this profound sounding method?
Jodelle is essentially using the ELABORATIVE REHEARSAL method by getting her connection from her EPISODIC MEMORY.
This probably does not make much sense right now, but READ ON!
ELABORATIVE REHEARSAL DEFINITION A working-memory process in which information is actively reviewed and related to information already stores in the long-term memory. That is, knowledge you already know.
Quite Simply it is...
Relating 2 concepts to one another in order you give them a meaning
Relating new knowledge to past knowledge
This memory technique involves thinking about the meaning of the term to be remembered rather than simply repeating the word over and over again (hint: you've read about this just now!)
EXAMPLES
Words in Spanish like abandonar can be remembered easily because it is associated with the English word 'abandon'
If you meet someone named James, and your uncle is named James, you can easily remember the new persons name because you can relate him to your family member
In Jodelle's case, she used the elaborative method to connect the new information she learned to her PERSONAL EXPERIENCES which are stored in her EPISODIC MEMORY (In the LONG TERM MEMORY).