Strategies for memory improvement

Exams are not far away now – we’re going to help each other prepare for these by sharing your knowledge of how to improve memory.

There are four main strategies that we will cover:

Visual imagery
Verbal mnemonics
The role of organisation & active processing
Dual coding hypothesis

In groups of four, your job is to design a 25 minute activity for your tutor time, which covers all four areas of memory improvement. It should include:

- A brief account of research evidence on which each strategy is based
- A handout on an A4 sheet.
- Some tips on how to make revision easier
- Activities, games, a chance to put them in to practice!

You may want to use a powerpoint slide so they have something to focus on but the structure is up to you. Keep each bit short and punchy. It is boring sitting and listening for too long so maybe you could give them something to do?

We will do a trial run of this in class before taking it to tutors!

For the presentation you will choose one tutor group from within your group of four, and all four of you will present together to that one group.