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Have you ever wondered what’s going on in your brain when you review your classes?\u00a0Being aware of how it works, you will improve your ability to record and mobilize information.<\/p>\n

The three main components of memory are sensory memory, working memory and long-term memory.\u00a0Here are some tips to activate all three and optimize your work methods.<\/p>\n

Multiply the angles of approach<\/h4>\n

The first step is to activate your sensory memory.\u00a0It rests, as you know, on sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch.\u00a0The challenge is to solicit as much meaning as possible.\u00a0When we study, we usually rely on visual aids and sound, but many areas use other meanings.\u00a0The visual arts, among others, involve touch.<\/p>\n

Rather than just reading your textbook, try listening to podcasts, or using visual diagrams with posters, presentations, or blogs.<\/p>\n

When we activate our\u00a0sensory memory<\/a>\u00a0, we engage our attention and our perception of the world.\u00a0We must\u00a0be attentive<\/a>\u00a0to learn and the more we allocate cognitive resources to a task in a given time, the sooner we assimilate the novelties.\u00a0This is why it is important to study in an environment conducive to learning, such as a room away from noise or a library.<\/p>\n

Sensory memory and working memory are\u00a0so limited<\/a>\u00a0that learners need to focus as much as possible on the most important information, avoiding distractions.<\/p>\n

The way we interpret information depends on our knowledge and past experiences.\u00a0To take advantage of this mode of operation, one can share with someone what one already knows before embarking on a new or unfamiliar task.\u00a0Before starting a new class, try to redo what you learned with a friend or one of your parents.<\/p>\n

If there is something you do not understand right away, maybe it’s because you have not paid enough attention to it or you have not done the right thing.\u00a0Try to ventilate your mind, take a break, and ask yourself what your level of concentration really is.<\/p>\n

If that still does not work, ask for advice or help to make sure you are on the right track.<\/p>\n

Start with the easiest<\/h4>\n

Once the learner perceives the content to be assimilated and is interested in it, the information is transferred to his working memory.\u00a0This is where\u00a0his<\/a>\u00a0conscious\u00a0treatment<\/a>\u00a0begins\u00a0.\u00a0When you take an exam, it’s your working memory that decides what your answer will be and helps you structure it.<\/p>\n

Many learners do not realize this, but after a long period of study, you may feel that you are not learning as much as you did in the beginning.\u00a0This is due to what is called\u00a0cognitive overload<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

Your working memory can only contain a\u00a0limited amount<\/a>\u00a0of information in a given period.\u00a0This exact amount depends on your level of prior knowledge.\u00a0Take the example of a child who learns his alphabet: at the beginning, he has little knowledge to rely on, so that the letters will be stored one by one in his memory;\u00a0say it will take 26 bits for each.\u00a0Then, as this universe gains in familiarity, the letters taken will mobilize all together a bit in the memory of the child.<\/p>\n

To make your working memory more efficient, evaluate the type of information you are learning.\u00a0Will it require a lot of “storage space”, or very little?\u00a0Is what you are learning something you need to master in order to move to more demanding stages?\u00a0If the answer is yes, then the memory effort will be greater.<\/p>\n

Try to master the simplest information as a matter of priority so that you can call them back faster without spending more cognitive resources than necessary.\u00a0Then you will be able to move to more complex and therefore energy consuming information.\u00a0This procedure is known as automation.<\/p>\n

To assimilate a knowledge to the point of making it an automatism, that makes it possible then to allocate more energy to tasks which require more effort.\u00a0It is for this reason that we are encouraged to memorize the multiplication tables so that we can release cognitive resources to solve more difficult math problems.<\/p>\n

The working memory is limited, it is a question of transferring the information in your long-term memory, which, it, has an\u00a0unlimited capacity<\/a>\u00a0.\u00a0In order for the information to be stored permanently, you need to engage in an encoding process.\u00a0Many tasks recommended by teachers, from homework to preparing writing plans, are actually encoding strategies.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Pomodoro technique<\/a>\u00a0is another encoding strategy to use.\u00a0Here, it is a question of using a timer to decompose the time of revisions in intervals of 25 minutes, usually separated by short breaks.\u00a0Implemented effectively, Pomodoro can reduce anxiety, improve concentration and increase motivation.<\/p>\n

What you do when encoding affects the\u00a0transfer of information<\/a>\u00a0from long-term memory to working memory that delivers the answers you seek.\u00a0It is easier to remember something when the recovery conditions match the encoding conditions.<\/p>\n

Therefore, when we study, we often like to do it in a quiet environment, which is similar to the conditions in which we will take the exams.<\/p>\n

Create bridges between notions<\/h4>\n

Rather than reviewing your course sheets, try to explain what you have learned to someone who knows nothing about this field.\u00a0If your teaching is effective, it means that you have a good understanding of the subject.<\/p>\n

Long-term memory may have unlimited capacity, but it’s just a storage structure.\u00a0It is not because something is stored there that you can recover it quickly, efficiently.<\/p>\n

It has already happened to most of us that we can not find information yet learned.\u00a0Or not to properly recover them, which results in wrong answers.<\/p>\n

This may come from a superficial study of the subject, as opposed to a more thorough level of revisions.\u00a0By learning something by heart the day before an exam, we do not have the time to link the information to the already established knowledge.\u00a0You can make it easier by drawing analogies between what you are learning and what you already know.<\/p>\n

Being aware of all these issues helps us understand why some methods are more or less effective than others.\u00a0Whether it’s revising for exams or other settings, it’s important that we think about how our brains work and how we, as individuals, learn.<\/p>\n

Author Bio:<\/strong> Amina Youssef-Shalala is a Lecturer at the Australian Catholic University<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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