CHAPTER 6: MEMORY STRATEGIES: MNEMONIC DEVICES
CHAPTER 6: MEMORY STRATEGIES: MNEMONIC DEVICES
In order to remember information, you first have to find it somewhere in your memory. To be successful in college you need to use active learning strategies that help you store information and retrieve it. Mnemonic devices can help you do that. Mnemonics are techniques for remembering information that is otherwise difficult to recall. The idea behind using mnemonics is to encode complex information in a way that is much easier to remember. Two common types of mnemonic devices are acronyms and acrostics.
Acronyms
Acronyms are words made up of the first letters of other words. As a mnemonic device, acronyms help you remember the first letters of items in a list, which in turn helps you remember the list itself.
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Examples
The following are examples of popular mnemonic acronyms:
HOMES FACE
ROY G. BIV
MRS GREN
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
Names of the Great Lakes
The letters of the treble clef notes in the spaces from bottom to top spells "FACE".
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
Colors of the spectrum
Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion, Nutrition
Common attributes of living things
Create Your Own Acronym
Now think of a few words you need to remember. This could be related to your studies, your work, or just a subject of interest. Five steps to creating acronyms are*:
1. List the information you need to learn in meaningful phrases. 2. Circle or underline a keyword in each phrase. 3. Write down the first letter of each keyword. 4. Rearrange the letters into a memorable acronym. 5. Practice the association from the acronym to the keyword and then from the keyword to the
meaningful phrase.
Acrostics
Acrostics are phrases made up of words beginning with the first letter of other words. As mnemonic devices, acrostics support recall by helping you remember the list of keywords.
Examples
The following are examples of popular mnemonic acrostics:
My Very Educated Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas
Richard Of York Gave Battle in Vain
My Dear Aunt Sally
We Just Like Rushmore
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
Multiple, Divide, Add, Subtract
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt
Planets in order from the sun
Colors of the spectrum
Mathematical order of operations American Presidents on Mount Rushmore
* From Van Blerkom, D. L. (2008). Taking charge of your learning. Boston: Thomson Wadsworth.
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Create Your Own Acrostic
Now think of a few words you need to remember. This could be related to your studies, your work, or just a subject of interest.
Five steps to creating acrostics are:
1. List meaningful phrases each on a separate line. 2. Circle or underline the first letter of each phrase. 3. Write the first letter of each keyword on a new line. 4. Create a sentence (an acrostic) from the first letters of each keyword. 5. Practice the association from the acrostic to the keywords.
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