Just wanted to take a quick break from studying to share with everyone my absolute favorite way to memorize terms!! I decided to share because it took me until the beginning of my senior year of college to learn this trick and I wish I had learned it sooner! I’ve used it to memorize Italian translations, important facts in geography, and even more overwhelming things such as the name (both english and latin) and location of every muscle, bone, and tendon/ligament in the human body. Feel free to message me with any questions! Happy studying!!!
🌵 Step 1. First I start off with index cards for definitions (in this case they were already made for me … thank you Kaplan GRE prep!!🙌🏼).
🌵 Step 2. Then I use two of the index cards to make a “don’t know” and “know” card.
🌵 Step 3. When first trying to learn a definition, I start with three cards, all of which go on the “don’t know” pile. As I memorize each one I put it in the “know” pile (I define memorize as being able to repeat the definition back… keep in mind for this example I’m learning the definitions of English words!)
🌵 Step 4. Once all three of the original cards are in the “know” pile, I pick up all three and test to see if I still can repeat back the definitions for each one. Any card that is correct stays in the “know” pile while any card that is wrong is moved to the “don’t know” pile.
🌵 Step 5. Let’s say after the last step I had 2 cards on the “don’t know” pile and one card still in the “know” pile. I then re-study and re-memorize the two cards in the “don’t know” pile until they can be moved to the know pile.
🌵 Step 6. I then repeat step 4 and step 5 again checking for accuracy.
🌵 Step 7. Once the first three cards are all steadily in the “know” pile, I add 3 more cards and repeat step 3 through step 6 all over again. This time, after the three new cards enter the “know” pile, I check my accuracy with all 6 cards before moving on!
***ill usually do this until there are ~20 cards in the "know" pile and then I start all over. And then once I have 2 piles of 20 each I'll check all 40 together!!***
