Tag Archives: 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 [...]

Using mnemonics as a memorization tool

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 [...]