Maine Maritime Academy

Department of Residential Life

 

 

Memory Tools

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• Mind Tools - SQ3R

  Increasing retention of information written with the acronym SQ3R.  This will help remember the five stage active reading technique used by this site to help memorize written information.

• Mind Tools - Mind Maps

  This is an approach to note taking with diagrams such as spray and spider diagrams, spidograms, spidergrams, and mindmaps.  Each approach is explained to help teach the concepts for use the next time you take notes with the goal of increasing memory retention.

• Mind Tools - Review Techniques

  This site focuses on short term memory through reviewing material in an effective manner.

• Dr. Carolyn Hopper's Memory Principles

Refining study habits with memory and learning principles that offer specific helpful points for each.  The site offers brief breakdowns of definitions and further explanations.