Memory Strategies

I found the memory strategies can be very effective for some classes and less accommodating for others. I used the Link System method to remember words from my sociology readings. I figured sociology would be a good course for me to use this strategy because the class is mostly a reading and essay based class. For my next assignment, I plan to refer back to this chart and be sure to include all of these defininitions. However, I found that this strategy would probably be used more effectively for other courses. The Link System would be more beneficial for an exam based class rather than a paper based class, because when writing a paper, I wouldn't need to memorize the definitions as much. I would image the Link System and the Method of Loci would be most effective in a language class, where memorization is more important. However, I'm not really taking any classes like that this semester, but I know I will be in the future, so it will eventually benefit me. I also used the visualization strategy for my sociology class, which again was somewhat constructive, but more ineffective for me. Putting a random visual image to every key term has always been the best way for me to remember things, but actually writing these terms and the images on paper is definitely a more effective way for to remember. Again, though the strategies didn't really help me for my sociology class, I know they will definitely benefit me in other classes throughout college