Enhance Your Memory

Stay organized with checklists! Remember every step of your assignment or every task of your day with a checklist. Homework grades will improve when you remember every detail!?

A mnemonic device is a little phrase or rhyme used as a memory tool by students of all ages. This list includes mnemonics for many common lists or orders that students need to memorize.

Flashcards remain one of the best tools for memorizing information. There are many ways to add variety to the process to enhance the learning process.

Dates can be the most difficult things to recall for a test. They're often elusive because we don't have any way to link them to their meanings. We can borrow a practice from the London Cockneys to help us remember dates when it counts.

After hours of reading and studying, our brains can lock up in a state of overload. Discover how to clear your mind and unclog your head.

SQ3R is an active reading exercise that is designed to help you get a fuller understanding of your reading materials. You will need to keep a pen and some paper on hand to use this method.

You can improve you memory with an ancient mnemonic exercise used by Greek and Roman orators. The "loci" method is an easy to use, valuable tool.

How often have you read a book from start to finish, only to discover that you haven’t retained very much of the information it contained? Now you can remember the important facts of a book by learning to reinforce what you’ve read in a simple method.

Have you ever zoned out during a lecture? If so, you might need to work on your listening skills. Practice active listening to improve your retention.

Mind maps offer students the ability to draw a picture of their thoughts. Mind maps are helpful because they present a true reflection of your own thought patterns, unlike illustrations in books that present somebody else’s thought patterns.

The human brain is arguably the most amazing, mysterious, and complex computer known to mankind. Nonetheless, scientists have unraveled a few details that explain the process that we call memory.