Memory techniques…

Fabulous week. Teaching pupils to pass their exams by learning some great memory techniques and study skills.  My favourite technique is Loci. This is where you use locations to help trigger your memory when you are under pressure. So, for example, if you are trying to learn the top 10 most populated Countries you may us the tea cupboard in the kitchen to remind you of China; they make tea in China. So then when you are in your exam and asked ‘What are the top 10 most populated countries?’ You have images in your mind of your house and various areas associated with the most populated Countries. It really works.  Amazing what the brain can do and how it can work when we start to use it! Let me know if you folks would like some more…