Memory and Mnemonic Techniques

Start with a study routine

This topic page brings together user-made resources on ways to remember information. A mind map on enhancing memorization outlines a sequence: preview material, read, listen or watch, take notes, take a break, review the notes and practice retrieval. It also points to visual memorization and association.

Start there if you want a sequence to follow. After looking through the map, use its steps with material you are studying. Review your notes, then try to recall what you have read without looking at them.

Explore memory methods

Move on to Memory methods for a range of approaches. It mentions the link system, memory palaces, acronyms and spaced repetition. Choose one approach and use the map as a prompt while you make connections between ideas.

Better Memory offers another way to look at repetition, imagery and patterns. It includes ideas such as a visual, a rap or jingle, and flashcards. Compare it with the other map to find an approach you would like to practice.

Connect maps and flashcards

Study Skills covers acronyms and acrostics, while Studying/Memory lists aids such as summaries, flashcards, rhymes and visualization. Use these maps to choose a way to organize material, then look at the page's flashcard resource alongside them.

There are no quizzes on this topic page, so the maps and flashcards offer places to begin instead. You can use a map to review an approach and then practice recall with flashcards.

Place the topic in the unit

Memory and Mnemonic Techniques is a section of the Study Skills and Techniques unit in Personal and career development. The resources here focus on ways to organize and recall information within that unit. Browse the maps and choose a technique to explore further.