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BUZZ ISSUE-U:BEE ONLINE #04

In this quarterly magazine from U:Bee Online, read more about the skills that could help you achieve more, start life-long interests, lead to careers or become your new hobby!

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And, once learnt – rarely<br />

compass).<br />

forgotten.<br />

especially in the form of<br />

information,<br />

like characteristics, steps, stages,<br />

lists<br />

For example the image of a feather<br />

fact.<br />

a specific fact related to weight.<br />

with<br />

BOOST YOUR<br />

MEMORY<br />

WITH<br />

MNEMONICS<br />

MNEMONICS ARE SIMPLE TRICKS<br />

DEVELOPED TO HELP US REMEMBER.<br />

These are often rhymes: Never Eat<br />

Shredded Wheat (points of the<br />

Mnemonics are memory devices that<br />

We knew back in 1967 from a study by<br />

help learners recall larger pieces of<br />

Gerald R. Miller that mnemonics<br />

increased recall. He found that students<br />

who regularly used mnemonic<br />

parts, phases, etc.<br />

devices increased test scores up to 77%!<br />

People who thought to have<br />

extraordinary memories, often<br />

associate something unrelated to a<br />

Mnemonics can be useful for<br />

remembering important facts during<br />

exam revision.<br />

To find out more go to<br />

https://www.learningassistance.com/20<br />

06/january/mnemonics.html<br />

Issue Four:July 2019 / buzz@ubee.org.uk / www.ubee.org.uk / Page 44

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