Shaffer's Study Skills

Memory Skills

I have a photographic memory. The only problem is I can't find a place to get the film developed... If it was only that easy. Memory skills and learning style go hand in hand. If you know your learning style then you can use specific memory skills to learn and remember concepts. An important concept to remember is that memory consists of three stages: acquistion, storage and retrieval
Memory Skills in nine simple steps...

Memory Principles is a "quick reference for brain compatible learning..." Be sure you select the links to all the great supporting information.

Amanda's Mnemonics Page has been a long-time favorite of my students.

Mnemonics is a page I created to compile the mnemonics most commonly used by past students.

The following documents are samples of what I use to teach memory skills~

20 Memory Techniques, a sample page taken from from Becoming A Master Student. I highly recommend you purchase this book to aide you in teaching memory skills.

Memory Study Guide, is a document I created to help students activate their own memory skills using the 20 Memory Techniques from Becoming A Master Student.