{"id":1803,"date":"2021-04-01T11:04:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T11:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jefferson-practicalfoundations\/?post_type=chapter&p=1803"},"modified":"2021-04-01T11:05:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T11:05:39","slug":"the-memory-room-technique","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jefferson-practicalfoundations\/chapter\/the-memory-room-technique\/","title":{"raw":"The Memory Room Technique","rendered":"The Memory Room Technique"},"content":{"raw":"The Memory Room Technique\r\n<\/strong>\r\n\r\nHow did people in Greek and Roman times have the memory to get down as many details as they did?\u00a0 We certainly lack this, but it's nothing physical that accounts for the change.\u00a0 We don't value memory or mnemonics.\u00a0 Heck, even doctors have checklists (item 4d: Make sure the limb you are operating on is on the correct side, item 5n: Verify that this is, in fact, the patient).\u00a0 We remember little. There is a method to the madness that is mnemonics, though.\u00a0 Say that five times backwards! The Roman Memory Room offers some ideas:\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.thememoryinstitute.com\/loci-the-roman-room-and-the-familiar-path.html\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.academictips.org\/memory\/romanrom.html\r\n\r\nEven a few minutes on these sites opens up the notion that learning is a technique which differs.I just wouldn't have you thinking you A) are, or B) aren't a visual learner--whatever that means.\u00a0 For this trifecta, the third item (behind Door #3) is a YouTube video by Scientific American<\/em> contributor Daniel Willingham to the effect that \"Learning Styles Don't Exist<\/a>.\"\u00a0 I use this in a cautionary way so that someone doesn't use stereotypes to stunt their learning, since they could easily look at the Memory Room stuff and think \"Nah, that's not for me, as I'm X!\"","rendered":"

The Memory Room Technique
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How did people in Greek and Roman times have the memory to get down as many details as they did?\u00a0 We certainly lack this, but it’s nothing physical that accounts for the change.\u00a0 We don’t value memory or mnemonics.\u00a0 Heck, even doctors have checklists (item 4d: Make sure the limb you are operating on is on the correct side, item 5n: Verify that this is, in fact, the patient).\u00a0 We remember little. There is a method to the madness that is mnemonics, though.\u00a0 Say that five times backwards! The Roman Memory Room offers some ideas:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.thememoryinstitute.com\/loci-the-roman-room-and-the-familiar-path.html<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.academictips.org\/memory\/romanrom.html<\/p>\n

Even a few minutes on these sites opens up the notion that learning is a technique which differs.I just wouldn’t have you thinking you A) are, or B) aren’t a visual learner–whatever that means.\u00a0 For this trifecta, the third item (behind Door #3) is a YouTube video by Scientific American<\/em> contributor Daniel Willingham to the effect that “Learning Styles Don’t Exist<\/a>.”\u00a0 I use this in a cautionary way so that someone doesn’t use stereotypes to stunt their learning, since they could easily look at the Memory Room stuff and think “Nah, that’s not for me, as I’m X!”<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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