Memory Tips

You can improve your memory. Indeed, some world memory champions had average memories before they worked on improving their memories.

• Most students could greatly improve their memory for course material almost instantly just by doing three things:
  1. avoiding distractions by sitting in front during class and by silencing their cell phones while studying (see the "Staying Focused" section for how to avoid cell phone distractions),
  2. having regular, short study sessions in which they quizzed themselves over material rather than trying to cram material in by reading and rereading it right before the exam, and
  3. getting more sleep.
• Mind Tools: Memory Techniques. You might check out the advice on using mnemonics--systematic memory aids--to improve your exam scores.
• Understand how your long-term memory works so that you can maximize its power.

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