Tips for improving memory:
Acronyms
The use of acronyms can be helpful
when a list of facts or sequence of items must be remembered. An acronym is a word
or phrase made from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts
or major parts of a compound term. For example, the acronym PERT stands for Program
Evaluation and Review Technique.
Of course, acronyms can be created
by students to remember a specific item, such as theeight planets in our
solar system in sequence (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and
Neptune.). Taking the first letter of each word, you would have m, v e, m, j, s,
u, n, and p. Make up a nonsensical phrase to help you remember the exact order,
such as, "My very elegant mother just served us noodles."
Another popular acronym to remember
the sequence of the natural classification or taxonomy system (kingdom. phylum,
class, order, class, family, order, genus, species) might be "King Philip Came Over
For Good Spaghetti." No one said you couldn't be silly and have fun studying.
Make up a similar acronym to use
to remember the sequence of the colors in a rainbow:
Acronym: ___________________________________________________