| Improving information retention provides us many | | | | auditory information to other people better or to |
| benefits. One is the ability to remember daily lessons | | | | transfer what they hear on their notes. They are also |
| better. Another is being able to effectively apply these | | | | able to listen to information that is relatively |
| lessons into tasks and success. For students, there is | | | | unnoticeable to normal people. Auditory learners are |
| no better time to have good memory than during | | | | not special though; they are just capable of learning |
| exams since most exams are based on what | | | | better through their ears. |
| students have remembered during the review than | | | | Visual learners - Visual learners posses the ability to |
| what you have learned in classes. For other | | | | remember vividly what they have seen. They can |
| professionals, memory becomes very useful in | | | | easily identify signs, symbols, images, directions, and |
| performing their job right. | | | | written information. Visual learners make up roughly |
| Memory, therefore, is important in daily life. | | | | 65% of the population. |
| But no matter how we put it, there are people who still | | | | Having said these, here are the useful techniques to |
| lack the ability to retain necessary information. The | | | | improve either your auditory and visual senses: |
| fact is, these people do not necessary lack the "ability". | | | | Image-Name Technique - Is helpful in remembering |
| They only lack the necessary technique on how to | | | | names. This technique is used basically to remember |
| retain information better. | | | | names with physical characteristic of a person. For |
| The question now would be, "what are those | | | | example, KATIE HOLMES for "Her kitty (for Katie) is |
| techniques that would improve memory?" | | | | left alone in their home (for Holmes)". |
| First of all, memory techniques are not theories on | | | | Acrostic - Is taking the first letter of each word and |
| how to improve memory; rather they are practical and | | | | inventing sentence out of it. For example, to remember |
| proven methods. | | | | the G-clef notes on the sheet music (E, G, B, D, F), we |
| There are two major ways to learn and remember: | | | | can use EVERY GOOD BOY DOES FINE. |
| through vision and hearing. | | | | Acronym - Is the opposite of acrostic. The first letter |
| Auditory learners - People who are inclined to | | | | of each word of a series is taken out to form another |
| remember better through their ears have the tendency | | | | word. For example, the colors of the rainbow are Red, |
| to intently listen to instructions and intently retain what | | | | Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet, thus, |
| they hear. These people are most likely to relay | | | | ROY G. BIV. |