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To guide or control your learning process, first, you must accept
that recall operates on a feedback principle.
Look at this illustration of how your memory naturally works by
linking, connecting, and associating information that you acquire.
 See:
When you see a picture or a pattern you will remember more detail
and your memory will last longer. This is visualization.
Think: When you can relate or integrate new material with
your background knowledge you reinforce your memory. This is called
manipulation.
Understand: Integrating new knowledge with your previous
understanding or using a new concept to do something causes
relearning to occur.
Recall: Telling back or recalling in your own words not only
is a good way to test memory it is also a good method of reinforcing
your memory. Once you have perceived the information your brain
organizes and processes the information—personalizes it by your own
interpretation.
After reading or hearing new information you must give yourself
feedback to optimize recall. After you receive the information you
should think or reflect and elaborate on it.
Form a variety of associations among the points you wish to
remember. Through this thought process you derive some understanding
of it and you are able to recall it in some manner acceptable to
you. By reflecting, elaborating, or relearning you make the
information more memorable—the richer the associations, the better
the memory of it.
Reflection and elaboration help you control the learning process.
Other factors can influence how much control you have over your own
learning.
Fact: You retain much more information if you relearn or
reinforce your learning
Until next time...
Wayne Mansfield
PowerRead - Speed Reading for Business |
