My Story using memory techniques

Hi,

My name's Dan. I' m a student. This is my testimony:


Having just finished my A-level exams in maths,physics and psychology,I have to say I owe a lot to the techniques of mnemonics, ( a posh word for memory improvement methods).

A couple of years back,I read a book on memory 'tricks' and how to use them in order to recall long lists of information.

Back then, I didn't really consider myself to have a great memory,and I certainly say I was particularly intelligent either.

Even so, the basic, simple, seemingly pointless exercises I learnt from this small book, methods which beforehand I knew very little about, gave me ,amazingly,considerable help with every exam I have taken since.


I remember,for example in my History GSCE, I found it hard to readily recall the dates and order of events when studying the development of medicine through time.

I used a particular technique that links numbers with rhyming objects such as 1=bun, 2= shoe,3=tree and so on. (read this blog for info.on that method) and these were linked to a certain date and event.

Suddenly,I found it difficult to forget the information I needed for my exam. It was so easy!

Having been predicted with a B for History, I went into the exam and included every date I had memorised and came out with A* overall!! I was astonished.

I've carried on using these mnemonics to memorise the 100 + names and the studies needed for my psychology A-level exam and it has worked a treat!

Last year, a score of 100% and 95% (I had an off day.lol!) were achieved in two of these exams.

As I said,I don't consider myself gifted in these subjects as they are very content based ,and its a case of you either "know it " or you don't.


Therefore, techniques like mnemonics have proven, to me at least, to be a very powerful tool

when having to recall large amounts of information in whatever situation you need to. I will
continue to adopt these fantastic methods when studying Engineering at University, as they will be extremely helpful when memorising formula needed for calculations!


I recommend the knowledge of these methods to anyone who wishes to pursue top marks with little effort in all subjects at any level! Of course they can also be used for other more practical things such as learning a shopping list or phone number,credit cards, bank account pin etc!

Finally, I would like to thank Ken for creating this concise blog, so that others like myself can learn the various memory techniques developed and then hopefully apply them to everyday circumstances.