GLE101 – LEARNING STRATEGIES: SKILLS FOR SUCCESS
Remembering Strategies
Name: _______________________________
Date: ____________________
Remembering Strategies Carousel
There are 7 different remembering techniques you will be exposed to through the
teaching carousel. At each of the station carousels you will have 10mins to read
about and solve the remembering challenge and fill in the organizer.
Rhyme/Song
Graphic
Organizers
Mind Picture
Mnemonic
Devices
Grouping
Acronyms
Repetition
GLE101 – LEARNING STRATEGIES: SKILLS FOR SUCCESS
Studying Strategies – Memorization Techniques
Name: _______________________________
Date: ____________________
Station #1 – Rhyme/Song
Definition: Rhyme is a technique for remembering facts by forming rhymes
When to Use: When you need to remember words that sound alike or long
processes with many steps.
Type of learner: musical or word smart
How do you use it: Write a line that ends with a word to be remembered
Write a second line that ends with a word that rhymes with the
word to be remembered.
OR
Find a song or a tune and create lyrics
Examples of use: definitions, word lists, spelling, processes, and/or time lines
Example: ‘In fourteen hundred and ninety two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.’
Questions:
1. Which subjects/classes do you think this technique might work best in?
Why? (give at least 2 examples)
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2. Write/Guess the rhyme for the following facts.
Fact
When spelling a word with an ‘e’ and ‘i’ the ‘i’ will
come before the ‘e’ unless it is followed by the
letter ‘c’
Poison ivy is a plant with three leaves and if it
comes in contact with your skin it can cause a
serious reaction.
Rainbows indicate humid air. A morning rainbow
is seen in the West – the direction from which
storms generally come – and so often appears
before bad weather. Evening rainbows, which
appear in the East, usually indicate the passing
of stormy weather
Rhyme
GLE101 – LEARNING STRATEGIES: SKILLS FOR SUCCESS
Memorization Techniques
Name: _______________________________
Date: ____________________
Station #2 – Acronym
Definition: Acronym is a technique for remembering facts by forming a word using
the first letter of each fact to be remembered.
When to Use: When you want to remember facts who’s first letters can be
arranged to form a real word or a non-sense word that could be pronounced.
Type of Learner: visual, logical, or word smarts
How do you use it: Write the facts
Underline the first letter of each fact
Arrange the underlined letters to form a real word or a
non-sense word you could pronounce.
Examples of use: the order of things, important names, places.
Example: Great lakes – Ontario, Erie, Michigan, Huron, And Superior - HOMES
Questions:
1. Create an acronym for the Canadian time zones: Newfoundland, Atlantic,
Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific.
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2. Choose a list of words from a course you are currently taking and create an
acronym for them.
Words:
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Acronym:
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GLE101 – LEARNING STRATEGIES: SKILLS FOR SUCCESS
Memorization Techniques
Name: _______________________________
Date: ____________________
Station #3 – Mnemonic Devices
Definition: Mnemonic is a technique for remembering facts by creating a sentence
from words whose first letters help you remember the facts.
When to Use: When you need to remember a number of facts that are difficult to
remember.
Type of Learner: Logical and music smart
How do you use it: Write the facts
Underline the first letter of each fact
Come up with words that start with the same first letter and
arrange them into a sentence.
Examples of use: memorizing long lists, places, and/or rules.
Example: Planets – Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune
My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles
Questions:
1. Create a mnemonic to remember the colors in the rainbow in order: red,
orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
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2. Create a mnemonic to remember the 7 types of memorization techniques
identified in this activity: Repetition, Visualization, Categorization, Rhyme,
Acronyms, Mnemonic Devices, Graphic Organizers
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GLE101 – LEARNING STRATEGIES: SKILLS FOR SUCCESS
Memorization Techniques
Name: _______________________________
Date: ____________________
Station #4 – Graphic Organizer
Definition: Graphic organizers are a visual technique for remembering information
that contains a topic, sub-topic, and details.
When to Use: When you need to remember lots of information that is directly
related.
Type of Learner: Visual and body smarts
How do you use it:
Write the topic for the information you need to remember
Write the subtopics for the topic
Write the details for each topic
Draw the graphic organizer
Examples of use: classification of data, lists,
concepts, class notes.
Questions:
1. Create a graphic organizer the space below to
remember the following information:
Topic: Physical Fitness
Subtopics:
Agility – speed in changing direction
- speed in changing body position
Balance – keeping stable body position
- not falling over
Flexibility – range of motion in a joint
Endurance – continuing activity
- long period of time
GLE101 – LEARNING STRATEGIES: SKILLS FOR SUCCESS
Memorization Techniques
Name: _______________________________
Date: ____________________
Station #5 – Mind Picture
Definition: Mind Picture is a technique for remembering facts by forming one or
more pictures in your mind.
When to Use: When you need to remember diagrams, maps, and/or other
information that can easily be put into a picture.
Type of Learner: Picture smarts
How do you use it: 1. Say the facts
2. Create one or more pictures in your mind to
3. Show all the facts
4. Focus on the picture and say the facts
5. Recall the picture when you need to
remember the facts.
Examples of use: memorizing location of provinces, diagrams of physical or
chemical changes.
Questions:
1. Write the letter ‘MP’ in front of each of the following that would be easy for
you to remember using visualization.
______ a) the years 1914, 1940, 1953, 1986
______ b) names of the last 5 prime ministers of Canada
______ c) formula for the volume of a sphere
______ d) events of a story from the last chapter you read
______ e) physical properties
2. Chose a fact that you think might use visualization to remember. Write down
the fact and draw a picture of what it looks like in your mind.
Fact: _____________________________________________________________
GLE101 – LEARNING STRATEGIES: SKILLS FOR SUCCESS
Memorization Techniques
Name: _______________________________
Date: ____________________
Station #6 – Grouping
Definition: Grouping is a technique for remembering facts that go together in some
way.
When to Use: When you need to know facts that link together or make connections
between various groups or categories.
Type of Learner: Logic smarts
How do you use it: 1. Look for ways that the facts can be
grouped together
2. Write a name for each group
3. Write the facts that go with each group
Examples of use: compare and/or contracts, characteristics of
certain things/places.
Questions:
1. Read the following list of sports one time. When you are done, try to write
down as many of the sports as you can without looking back at the list.
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Snow Skiing, Basketball,
Tennis
Long Jump, Bobsledding,
100-Meter Dash
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Hockey, Baseball, Ice Skate
Discus, Golf, High Jump
Volleyball, Javelin, Soccer
Luge, Curling, Cricket
Note the number of sports you remembered correctly ____________/18
2. Reorganize the information in the below groups and categories:
Winter Sports
Track & Field Sports
Sports Using a Ball
3. Read through the above chart. Now again, try to write down as many of the
sports as you can without looking back at the list. Did you notice a
difference?
GLE101 – LEARNING STRATEGIES: SKILLS FOR SUCCESS
Memorization Techniques
Name: _______________________________
Date: ____________________
Station #7 – Repetition
Definition: Repetition is a technique for remembering facts in which you read,
write, and say the facts a number of times.
When to Use: When you need to remember a few facts, usually not more than four
or five.
Type of Learner: Word and logic smarts
How do you use it: 1. Read the facts
2. Write the facts
3. Say the facts
4. Repeat the first three steps four or more times
Example of use: memorizing a phone number, dates, or definitions.
Questions:
1. Which subjects/classes do you think this technique might work best in?
Why? (list at least 2)
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2. List some facts form these subjects that you might memorize using
repetition. (e.g. times tables, lines from a play)
Subject 1: ________________________ Subject 2: ________________________
3. Using one of the iPods open up the ‘flash card’ app and make some
flashcards to memorize these facts.
GLE101 – LEARNING STRATEGIES: SKILLS FOR SUCCESS
Reflection – Memorization Techniques
Name: _______________________________
Date: ____________________
You have learned seven techniques for remembering information. You must decide
which technique to use with a given set of facts.
For each of the following write the name of the remembering technique that would
be most appropriate to use to remember the fact. (Complete sentences are not
required)
1. Facts easy to visualize
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2. Facts who first letters can be used to remember the facts
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3. A short list of facts you can remember quickly and easily
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4. Facts with words that sound alike
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5. Topics, subtopics and details that can be arranged visually to show
relationships
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6. Facts that can be organized into categories
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7. Facts that can be remembered by creating a sentence from words whose
first letter help you remember the facts.
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Reflection:
Which memorization technique do you think would work for you and your learning
style or most useful? Explain.
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