«In everyday life, you may find yourself «loading» your mind in various ways:
memorizing a list of groceries to buy later at the supermarket, rehearsing the
name of someone you just met so you don't forget it, practicing your pitch before entering an
important meeting,» he writes.
For students experiencing difficulty with organizing and
memorizing information, teachers may use: (1) mnemonic devices such as the acronym HOMES, which stands for the
names of the Great Lakes; (2) riddles, poems, and songs for remembering
important people, places, and events; (3) check lists and calendars for organizing and completing assignments; (4) color coding for organizing and accessing materials and assignments (for example, different colored notebooks or dividers for different assignments and subjects); and (5) multisensory assignments and activities for remembering more fully an experience or more thoroughly grasping a concept from a concrete example (for example, construction projects, three - dimensional maps, textured artifacts, period music, dance, and dress, regional dialects and languages, and samples of various cuisines).
Surgical procedures often include the anatomical
name of the body part, so it's
important to
memorize the
names of different body parts in your anatomy and physiology classes in medical assisting school.