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| Interest | To remember something, you must be interested in it and think it has value and importance in your life. |
| Intent to Remember | A key factor to remembering is having a positive attitude and making a point of remembering information. |
| Basic Background | Understanding new material depends on what you already know that you can connect to. The more you increase knowledge, the easier it is to build new knowledge. |
| Selectivity | You must determine what is most important and select those parts to begin the process of studying and learning. |
| Meaningful Organization | You learn and remember better if you group ideas into meaningful categories and groups. |
| Recitation | Saying ideas aloud in your own words strengthens synaptic connections and gives you immediate feedback. |
| Mental Visualization | The brain's quickest response is to images. By making a mental picture, you use an entirely different part of your brain than you did by reading and listening. |
| Association | Memory increases when facts to be learned are consciously connected to something that is familiar to you. Begin by asking, "What is this I like that I already know and understand?" |
| Consolidation | Your brain must have time for new information to establish and solidify a neural pathway. When you make a list or review notes, you are using the principle of consolidation. |
| Distributed Practice | A series of short study sessions districuted over several days is preferable to fewer but longer study sessions. |
