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Memorizing Through Reviewing
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Learning and
Forgetting
The most important main idea in
learning and forgetting is to understand that both processes are
activity dependent. The less knowledge is used, the greater the
forgetting. Similarly, the more something is repeated, the better
the remembering.
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Short reviews will
help you retain information received (lecture,
presentation, master class, etc.). With no
reviews, you virtually have to re-learn the
material after about a month. |
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Memorizing Techniques
5 Keys to Rememberinng |
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In
his article Fundamental
Concepts of Forgetting and
Learning, C. Frank Starmer
from Medical University of South
Carolina writes: The Curve of
Forgetting describes how we
retain or forget information
that we learn/memorize.
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This
example is based on memorizing that occurs
during a one-hour lecture.
On
Day 1, at the beginning of the lecture,
you go in knowing nothing, or 0%, (where the
curve starts at the baseline). At the end of the
lecture you know 100% of what you know, however
well you know it (where the curve rises to its
highest point).
By
Day 2, if you have done nothing with the
information you learned in that lecture, didn't
think about it again, read it again, etc. you
will have lost 50%-80% of what you learned. Our
brains are constantly recording information on a
temporary basis: scraps of conversation heard on
the sidewalk, what the person in front of you is
wearing. Because the information isn't
necessary, and it doesn't come up again, our
brains dump it all off, along with what was
learned in the lecture that you actually do want
to hold on to!
By
Day 7, we remember even less, and by Day
30, we retain about 2%-3% of the original hour!
This may account for feeling as if you've never
seen this before in your life when you're
studying for exams – you may need to actually
re-learn it from scratch.
You can change the shape of the curve!
A
big signal to your brain to hold onto a specific
chunk of information is if that information
comes up again.
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When the same thing is repeated, your
brain pays special attention to it. When you are exposed to the same
information repeatedly and pay due attention to it, it takes less
and less time to "activate" the information in your long term memory
and it becomes much easier for you to retrieve the information when
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Know What Information Our Mind Cannot Process
Self-Learning
Learning by Doing
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Brown and Miller, the authors of
Categorization of
Memorization Techniques,
suggest a formula, and the case
for making time to review
material:
Within 24 hours of getting the
information – spend 10 minutes
reviewing and you will raise the
curve almost to 100% again. A
week later (Day 7), it only
takes 5 minutes to "reactivate"
the same material, and again
raise the curve. By Day 30, your
brain will only need 2-4 minutes
to give you the feedback, "Yup,
I know that. Got it.“
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KoRe SMART Learning – Fast
Learning Without Forgetting
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Back in 2005, I introduced a
revolutionary concept of
KoRe
SMART Learning fast inspirational learning without forgetting. In
this title, SMART stand for Synergistic, Motivational,
Achievement-oriented, Rapid, and Technology-enabled. |
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Learning through repetition is the one aspect of
studying that most people know – and dread.
Without repetition, by Day 2 we forget 50% of
what we've learned.
By
Day 30, we retain about 2%-3% of the original
knowledge!
With
no reviews, you virtually have to re-learn the
material after about a month.
KoRe Smart-Learning Pckages
With
KoRe Smart Learning packages, learning,
repetition, and memorizing occurs fast,
continuously and effortlessly.
KoRe Smart Course materials provide well
illustrated executive summaries of various
concepts which makes learning fast and
effective.
KoRe Smart Screen Savers display educational
and motivational slides periodically to help you
"reactivate" your knowledge and inspire new
ideas. This is just-in-time inspiration as
slides appear when your PC falls asleep and your
mind opens to new discoveries!
Clients of KoRe training programs are amazed at
the difference KoRe Smart Screen Savers make in
how much they understand, how well they
understand and retain material, and how
effectively they apply the knowledge gained.
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If you want to improve your memory, lie to
everyone differently so that you have to remember who you said what to. |
Kotfucius |
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