Tag Archives: active memorization

Putting vocabulary on notecards

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 [...]

Active Memorization

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 [...]