MNEMONIC TECHNIQUES

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MNEMONIC Relating to, assisting, or intended to assist the

memory

A device such as formula or rhyme which used as an aid in remembering

A remembering list consists of an easily remembered word, phrase, or rhyme whose initials or other characteristics are associated with the list items

There are 6 basic mnemonics techniques can be used to facilitate such memorization

MNEMONIC TECHNIQUES

ACRONYMS

SENTENCES/ACROSTICS

RHYMES & SONGS

METHOD OF LOCI

CHUNKING

PRACTICE MAKES

PERFECT

ACRONYMSBy using each first letter from a group of

words to form a new word

Particularly useful when remembering words in a specified order

Example: NBA (National Basketball Associations), LASER (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation)

SENTENCES/ACROSTICSUse the first letter of each word you are trying to

remember to make a sentence

Examples:My Very Educated Mother Just Sold U Nine Pizza

(for naming planets in order from Sun)Michael Jackson Kena Halau Balik India Utara

(Rainbow’s colors)My Dear Aunt Sally (mathematical order of

operations: Multiply and Divide before you Add and Subtract)

Ali Produce Bad Virus Fever (Algae, Protozoa, Bacteria, Virus, Fungus)

RHYMES & SONGSRhythm, repetition, melody, and rhyme can

all aid memory

Particularly useful for those who can learn tunes, songs, or poems easily

Examples: using tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"

METHOD OF LOCIUse to remember speeches, and it combines

the use of organization, visual memory, and association

Example: determined your path, imagine yourself walking along it, and identify specific landmarks that you will pass as well as number of landmarks you choose will depend on the number of things you want to remember

CHUNKINGGenerally used when remembering numbers

Based on the idea that short-term memory is limited in the number of things that can be contained

A person can remember 7 (plus or minus 2) "items" in short-term memory

Example: 64831996 - breaks the group into a smaller number of "chunks"

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT It may not be a mnemonic, but repeating is

still a great memory aid

Break up the information into small bits that you can learn, one step at a time

Other ExamplesSpeed = Distance / Time

(Standard 6)Ohm’s Law (Form 3)

Distance

Time Speed

V

R I

V: VoltsR: ResistanceI: Current

States of Matter (Standard 5)

Electrolysis (Form 5)

Solid Liquid Gas

MeltingBoiling/

Evaporation

Condensation

Freezing

CathodeAnode