memorizing

According to my alma mater, Washington University in St. Louis – for which I performed countless medical and psychological experiments in order to contribute the exorbitant tuition fee (which I will still be paying off for the next 30 years), there are four main ways that memory test subjects retrieve information:

1) A visual inspection strategy in which participants carefully studied the visual appearance of objects.

2) A verbal elaboration — or word-based strategy — in which individuals constructed sentences about the objects to remember them.

3) A mental imagery strategy in which participants formed interactive mental images of the objects — similar to animated cartoons.

4) A memory retrieval strategy in which they thought about the meaning of the objects and/or personal memories associated with the objects.

(information published in Science Daily)

Along these lines, I would like to list the strategies I will use to try and retrieve information during the LEED AP exam. You can search through my posts based on these memorization strategies by clicking on one of the categories in the right column.

acronyms – a word formed from the initial letters of other words
discussion – the action or process of talking about something, typically in order to reach a decision or to exchange ideas
visualization – to form a mental image of; imagine
math & numbers – an arithmetical value, expressed by a word, symbol, or figure, representing a particular quantity and used in counting and making calculations and for showing order in a series or for identification
mnemonics – a device such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations that assists in remembering something
rhymes – correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words
tables – a set of facts or figures systematically displayed