- 1234
- 2233
- 2345
- 9876
- 1010
- 3331
- 1990
- 2011
- 5566
- 8181
- 2828
- 9080
- 1415
- 2222
- 7878
- 6555
- 4545
- 2332
- 4749
- 7777
- 1298
- 1870
- 1357
- 1112
- 2121
- 1919
- 2325
- 4748
- 3366
- 2525
Now, read the following paragraphs to spend some minutes before switching back to the above practice:
"One of the most significant aspects of proper review is the
accumulative effect it has on all aspects of learning, thinking and
remembering. The person who does not review is continually
wasting the effort he does put in to any learning task, and putting
himself at a serious disadvantage.
Each time he approaches a new learning situation his recall of
previous knowledge gained will be at a very low ebb, and the
connections which should be made automatically will be missed.
This will mean that his understanding of the new material will
not be as complete as it could be, and that his efficiency and
speed through the new material will also be less. This continuingly
negative process results in a downward spiral that ends
in a general despair of ever being able to learn anything - each
time new material is learned it is forgotten, and each time new
material is approached it seems to become more oppressive. The
result is that many people, after having finished their formal exams,
seldom, if ever, approach text books again.
Failure to review is equally as bad for general memory. If each
new piece of information is neglected, it will not remain at a conscious
level, and will not be available to form new memory connections.
As memory is a process which is based on linking and
association, the fewer items there are in the 'recall store', the less
will be the possibility for new items to be registered and connected.
On the opposite side of this coin, the advantages for the person
who does review are enormous. The more he maintains his
current body of knowledge, the more he will be able to absorb
and handle."
[source: Use Your Head by Tony Buzan]:
Take a pen and paper; in 3 minutes, try to recall and write down the above numbers as many as you can; during this 3 minutes you should not be interrupted by any external or personal agents!
OK, now, check the numbers and give yourself +2 for each correct number you recalled, -1 for each wrong number you wrote and -2 for any number that you missed to write on the paper!
What is your total score?
51-60 Excellent!
41-50 Not too bad!
If less than 41 then you need to do the memory exercises more seriously! Spend more time on "Chain of Words", "Chain of Verbs" and "Chain of Names" exercises!
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