| Visual | Name | |
| 1. | Flashcards – make them – terms or dates on one side, answer, explanation or picture on the other | |
| 2. | Re-copy notes – neaten up, highlight, put into your own words | |
| 3. | Cram sheet – condense information into most important facts | |
| 4. | Quiz questions try to write possible quiz/test items (look at homework items, questions from book); do combination of T/F multiple choice, fill in blank & essay | |
| 5. | Graphic Organizers – word-webs (to organize & chunk information); charts/tables (compare, categorize); Venn-diagrams (compare/contrast); Concrete poetry | |
| 6. | 4-Fold fold a piece of paper so that you have 4 columns, then write questions in 1st column, try to answer them in the 2nd, from the answer try to come up w/same question, then try to answer again in the 4th column | |
| 7. | Puzzle – like flashcards, but information is only on one side; questions on one card, answer on another, turn over all cards, flip and match together | |
| 8. | Write Acronyms (e.g. Great Lakes: HOMES Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) | |
| 9. | Silly Sentences (e.g. Planets: My very educated mother just served us nine pickles – Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) | |
| 10. | Rhyme, rhythm, & song – make one up to memorize information; use a known melody to memorize information | |
| 11. | Games – make up a game using the information. This is good for chapter/semester review. | |
| 12. | Write poems – much like rhyme/song |
| Auditory | ||
| 1. | Listen to CD/CD-Rom which accompanies text | |
| 2. | Read notes aloud | |
| 3. | Quiz orally w/partner – in person/on phone | |
| 4. | Quiz self orally – make recording w/ questions, leave a pause for you to try to answer the question and then give the answer. | |
| 5. | Pronunciation practice – especially for foreign language, but also any content area w/unfamiliar vocabulary. If you are unable to correctly pronounce a word, your ability to remember its meaning is also weak. | |
| 6. | Rhyme, rhythm, & song – practice information using one | |
| 7. | Teach someone – explain a concept to someone, using your own words. Have them re-tell the concept to you to check your explanation, and their understanding. Clarify any misconceptions. | |
| 8. | Game – play, reading questions aloud & stating the answers |
| Tactile/ Kinesthetic |
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| 1. | Flashcards – use them; give yourself 2-3 minutes to check your memory on as many of the items as you can, place all cards you have correct on one side, incorrect on the other. Keep flashing incorrect pile until you get them all correct. | |
| 2. | Write it BIG use large paper or dry erase board to re-write facts; hang somewhere that you pass/see often | |
| 3. | Sentence strips – especially for foreign language; write different elements of sentence on separate cards. Practice putting them in correct order | |
| 4. | Role-play especially for foreign language, but also other content areas. Helps to provide context for what you're studying | |
| 5. | Props and/or gestures especially for foreign language learning, use props/gestures which correspond to what you're studying | |
| 6. | Game – play, especially if game has question cards and moving pieces | |
| 7. | Graphic Organizers – use ones that you’ve made to review information |