Making It Stick: Memorable Strategies to Enhance Learning
What do you do when you need to remember a phone number? Do you repeat it over and over in your head? Make up a song with the digits? Visualize it in writing?
We all use strategies throughout the day to help us remember things and learn. Our brains do best when they are able to organize information into meaningful parts. Read Making It Stick: Memorable Strategies to Enhance Learning for an overview of how memory works and tips on using repetition, imagery, and patterns to help students improve their memory.
See our Study Skills and Homework Help sections to learn more about cognitive strategies.
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Veronica Thompson by Veronica Thompson
I am a 22-year old young woman with learning disabilities. After receiving special education services for many years, I decided to give back by becoming a special education instructor.
