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Study without desire
spoils the memory,
and it retains nothing
that it takes in.
spoils the memory,
and it retains nothing
that it takes in.
Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 - 1519
Italian artist/inventor
Italian artist/inventor
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Guides for memorizing series
Memorizing using acronyms
Invented combinations of letters
Acronyms
An acronym is an invented combination of letters.
Each
letter is a cue to, or suggests, an item you need to remember.
PEMDAS, sequence in solving or evaluating math equations
Parenthesis
| Exponents | Multiplication | Division | Addition |
Subtraction
ROY G. BIV, the colors of the visible spectrum
Red, Orange,
Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
IPMAT, the stages of cell division
Interphase, Prophase,
Metaphase, Anaphase, Telephase
Memorization techniques:
Acronyms | Acrostics | Rhymes | Loci | Keywords | Image-naming | Chaining
More helpful thought processing guides:
Concentrating | Thinking critically |
Thinking creatively | Radical thinking |
Thinking aloud/private speech |
Mind/concept mapping | Thinking like a genius
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