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So how can we improve memory?

Memory can be divided into three types: instantaneous memory, short-term memory and long-term memory. Some memories in life don't need to be kept in people's minds for a long time, and some things require us to remember for a specific time, so it's no harm to forget after that. However, some things need to be kept in our minds for a long time, and we forget them while learning, which will bring great difficulties to our study, life and work, and even make jokes. When we say enhancing memory, we mean enhancing the ability of this long-term memory.

Let's look at the opposite of memory: forgetting. How did forgetfulness come about? There are two reasons: one is fading, that is, if you remember some knowledge but don't recall it often, then its impression in your mind will gradually weaken and eventually fade away, just like a mass of ink on paper, which will fade and turn white after a long time if you don't apply it often; The second is interference, that is, there are too many things in your mind, which often overlap and confuse each other. If you want to recall a certain problem clearly, it is difficult to find it at once, and you often have to think it over and over again, or think of it a little.

In short, memory is both innate and not entirely innate. People's subjective efforts are different, and their memories are also good or bad.

To enhance memory, we must first deal with the relationship between "remembering" and "forgetting", especially in Chinese and English teaching in primary schools, and the contradiction between "remembering" and "forgetting" is more prominent. Teachers are required to help students overcome contradictions, enhance their memory and improve their learning effect in teaching activities. I groped for some experience in the previous Chinese teaching in primary schools and summarized it for reference. When learning Chinese in the lower grades of primary schools, students have to learn a lot of new words. Generally, in order to make students remember the new words taught that day, teachers use a new word to write at least two lines, or copy a page to force students to remember. When students write, the classroom is quiet, only the rustling sound of writing. I also use this way to make students remember words. Once, when I saw that all the students were writing seriously, I was very comforted and asked a student in a low voice, "What did you read when you wrote this word?" The student couldn't answer. I am puzzled by this teaching method. In the process of writing new words, students focus all their attention on writing, and their hands are only moving mechanically, but their brains are not moving. This kind of education method violates the memory law of the brain, neither remembering nor forgetting, and memory is based on forgetting. In this way, students' memory level is definitely not high. So, I changed my teaching methods. First, I changed the amount of copying work and wrote one line (8 words) for each new word I taught. The second is to change the writing order and complete the homework by vertical writing. Write the first word in the first line, then the first word in the second line, until the first word in the last line, and then start writing from the second word in the first line; The third is to break the quiet environment and let students read each new word softly twice before writing; In short, in the process of writing, let students use their brains, move their mouths and start work at the same time. When reading and writing for the first time, students may have a vague impression of new words and forget them. This is a normal law. Only when they forget can they remember them. When students finish writing eight new words, they all remember them. In the seven years of Chinese teaching in primary schools, the students I teach have the easiest study and a solid foundation, and the students' examination classes are always among the best on average.

To enhance students' memory ability, we must master the rules of brain activity. There are five major rules: First, initial adjustment should enable students to overcome the "inertia" of the human body and master the content of learning from simple to difficult; The second is the rule of superiority, which cultivates students' clear learning goals; Third, motivation stereotypes, educating students to learn more and practice more, "Practice makes perfect" is the truth; Fourth, mosaic activities, learning content, nature or form should be carried out alternately; The fifth is protective inhibition. After studying for about an hour, you should take a break. To enhance students' memory, we must pay attention to the five laws of brain activity.

In addition to the above five brain-using rules, the memory of middle school students is also different in a day. The strongest memory time in a day is about one hour before dinner, so students should be mobilized to make full use of this time period to recite texts, formulas and words to enhance the memory effect.