Lesson 3: Improving Memory

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Lesson 2: Forgetting Curve: The Work of Ebbinghaus Exam Question

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Taken from VCAA 2011 Mid Year Exam

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Lesson 3: Improving Memory

Objectives

Explain how mnemonic devices including acronyms, acrostics, peg-word method, narrative chaining and method of loci help

improve memory and retrival

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Visualisation Methods Verbal Methods

Mnemonics

Peg-word Method

Acronyms AcrosticsMethod of loci

Narrative Chaining

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Using your text book, complete the flow chart on the previous slide by including:

1) Description of each mnemonic

2) An example of each mnemonic (not used in the text book)

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