The front of the notecard
The back of the notecard
The majority of my students are required to memorize weekly vocabulary lists. Looking at the words and the definitions the night before the test DOES NOT WORK for most students. I suggest studying for vocabulary a little bit each day for several days in a [...]
I am a firm believer in using mnemonics as a memorization tool. Shoving information into the brain in large amounts can be absolutely overwhelming. I have found that when the student makes a fun sentence out of a series of information, not only does that child learn the information quicker, but he or she is [...]
Here is a sample of a technique I use with my fourth graders for learning history. Most young children think that if they read the chapter two to three times, that constitutes “studying.” I try to teach them what I call “active memorization.” They transfer the words from the pages of the history book to [...]