Chapter 8: learning to study, comprehend, & remember

• collaborative learning: natural ACTIVE learning, through engagement
• studying will help you remember & understand
• myths about memory: 

people are stuck w bad memories

remembering too much can clutter your mind

people only use 10% of brain power

NOT A MYTH: YOU WILL NOT LOSE YOUR MEMORY BY THE AGE OF 75

• develop deep understanding of course info:

1. pay attention to what you're hearing/reading
2. "overlearn" material
3. check the internet (for words you don't understand or more info)
4. be sure you have the big picture
5. look for connections between your life & what's going on in your courses
6. get organized
7. reduce stressors in your life
8. collaborate w others

• sensory register: less than 1 sec., take in info through senses
• short term memory: how many items you can perceive at one time, disappears in 30 sec., forgotten unless moved to long term memory
• long term memory: used to retain info:

-procedural: how to do something
-semantic: facts & meanings
-episodic: events, time, place
formation of long term: repetition, meaningful association, personal reasons, pass a test (purposeful action & survival value)

• deep learning: understand the "why" & "how" behind the details
• mnemonics: various methods/tricks to aid memory

-acronyms: new words created from first letters of several words
-acrostics: certain letters of each word or line form a message
-rhymes/songs
-visualization: images

• mind map: review sheet w words & visual elements, jog memory 
• write summaries of class topics
• flashcards
• make studying part of your daily routine

• 4 types of reading:

-elementary: basic reading skills

-inspectional: get most out of reading in a given time

-analytical: reading for understanding

-syntopical: most advanced reading, to prove right or wrong