How to enhance memory?

Memory can be divided into three types: instant memory, short-term memory and long-term memory. Some memories in life do not require people to keep them in their minds for a long time. Some things require us to remember a specific time. After that, It’s okay to forget. And some things need to be kept in our heads for a long time. Learning and forgetting at the same time, and losing things will bring great difficulties to study, life, and work, and even make jokes. Usually when we talk about enhancing memory, we mean enhancing the ability of long-term memory.

Let’s look at the opposite of memory: forgetting. How does forgetting occur? There are two reasons: one is called fading, which means that if you remember certain knowledge, but do not recall it often, then its impression in your mind will gradually weaken and eventually fade away, just like a ball of ink on paper. The second is called interference, which means there are too many things in the mind that often overlap and confuse each other. If you want to recall a certain issue clearly, it is difficult to find it all at once. Only after thinking hard over and over again can I remember it, or just a little bit.

In short, memory is innate, but not all is innate. People's subjective efforts are different, and memory is also good or bad.

To enhance memory, we must first deal with the relationship between "remembering" and "forgetting". Especially in primary school Chinese and English teaching, the contradiction between "remembering" and "forgetting" is even more prominent. Teachers are required to help students overcome conflicts, enhance memory, and improve learning effects during teaching activities. I have explored some experiences in my previous primary school Chinese teaching and summarized them for reference. When learning Chinese in the lower grades of primary schools, students have to learn a large number of new words. In order to make students remember the new words taught that day, teachers usually write at least two lines for each new word, or copy a page to force students to remember. The classroom is quiet when students are writing, except for the rustling sound of writing. I also use this method to let students memorize words. Once, I saw that the students were writing seriously, and I felt very comforted, so I quietly asked a student: "What do you mean by the word you wrote?" But the student couldn't answer. I am confused by this teaching method. During the process of writing Chinese characters, students focus all their attention on writing. Their hands are only moving mechanically, but their brains are not moving. This kind of education method violates the memory rules of the brain. Neither remember nor forget, and memory is based on forgetting. In this way, students' memory level will definitely not be improved. Therefore, I changed my teaching methods. First, I reduced the amount of copying homework and wrote one line (8 characters) for each new word I taught. Second, I changed the order of writing and used vertical writing to complete the homework. First write the first word on the first line, then the first word on the second line, until the first word on the last line, and then start writing on the second word on the first line; third, break the quiet environment and let Before writing each new word, students should read it softly twice and then write it; in short, in the process of writing, let students use their brains, mouths and hands at the same time. When reading and writing for the first time, students may have a vague impression of the new words and forget them. This is a normal rule. Only when they forget can they be remembered. When the students finish writing the eight new words, they will remember them all. During the 7 years of primary school Chinese teaching, the students I taught were the easiest to learn and had a solid foundation in learning. The average student exam class always ranked among the best.

To enhance students' memory ability, we must also master the rules of brain activity. There are five major rules: first, initial adjustment, allowing students to overcome the "inertia" of the human body and master the learning content from simple to difficult; The second is the law of advantage, cultivating students with clear learning goals; the third is motivation shaping, educating students to learn more and practice more, this is the principle of "practice makes perfect"; the fourth is mosaic activities, learning content, nature or form should be carried out alternately; the fifth is protection For sexual inhibition, you should study for about an hour and take a short break. To enhance students' memory, we must pay attention to the five laws of brain activity.

In addition to the above five major brain-use rules, students' memory also varies throughout the day. The time when people's memory is strongest during the day is about an hour before dinner, so students must be mobilized to make full use of this time. Paragraphs are used to recite texts, formulas, and words to enhance memory effects.