links to sites about memory and learning

Memory Guide >

Everyday memory >

Imagery
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mental-imagery/

Remembering faces
http://www.choisser.com/faceblind/

Mnemonics

imagery and mnemonics
www.gse.buffalo.edu/fas/shuell/CEP564/Lectures/imagery.htm

covers many mnemonic techniques
http://www.academictips.org/memory/

http://www.vlaardingen.net/~tom/Mainmenu.htm

http://memory.uva.nl/memimprovement/eng/

a series of excellent articles on using mnemonics in teaching
http://www.vcld.org/pages/newsletters/00_01_fall/

List-learning strategies:

Method of loci

http://www.memorise.org/lesson2.htm

www.happychild.org.uk/acc/tpr/mem/0898jour.htm

www.memory.uva.nl/memory_improvement/loci.htm

Pegword method

http://www.memorise.org/lessonmenu.htm

www.premiumhealth.com/memory/peg.htm

www.happychild.org.uk/acc/tpr/mem/1298nosh.htm

www.happychild.org.uk/acc/tpr/mem/0598tnit.htm

Link method

http://www.memorise.org/lesson1.htm

www.sharpsoftware.co.uk/total/#link

www.memory.uva.nl/memory_improvement/link.htm#typical list

Story method

www.happychild.org.uk/acc/tpr/mem/1198link.htm

www.memory.uva.nl/memory_improvement/story.htm

Keyword method

www.memory.uva.nl/memory_improvement/elaboration.htm

http://www.vcld.org/pages/newsletters/00_01_fall/mnemonic3.htm

Verbal mnemonics:

Coding mnemonic

http://www.sweetscape.com/010memorizer/

www.happychild.org.uk/acc/tpr/mem/0199majr.htm

http://www.dialabc.com/words/search

a slightly different variant on the usual technique:
http://placevaluenumbers.com/

First-letter mnemonic

www.frii.com/~geomanda/mnemonics.html

maths and science mnemonics
www.xs4all.nl/~jcdverha/scijokes/11_1.html#subindex

medical mnemonics
http://www.medicalmnemonics.com/

http://studynow.com/mnemonics/

http://www.technion.ac.il/medicine/Students/Mnemonics.htm

http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vumcdept/emergency/mnemonic.html

Web resources

Strategies

http://www.learningideas.me.uk/memory/

Mnemonics

http://www.rememberanything.com/modules/mylinks/

http://itc.gsu.edu/academymodules/a304/support/xpages/a304b0_20600.html

http://soundnumbers.com/index.htm

http://soundnumbers.com/36.htm

http://soundnumbers.com/37.htm

http://soundnumbers.com/6.htm

http://www.andyscouse.com/pages/biblepoem.htm

The Art of Memory

http://www.hermetic.com/ars_memorativa.html

http://www.agocg.ac.uk/reports/virtual/vrmldes/usesf.htm

http://www.silcom.com/~dlp/mnem3.html

http://www.synaptic.ch/infoliths/textes/arsmem.htm

http://www.ba.infn.it/~zito/camillo.html

http://lullianarts.net/cont.htm

http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/silva.htm

http://placevaluenumbers.com/memoes/m1.htm

http://www.silcom.com/~dlp/aom/zitat.htm

http://www.levity.com/alchemy/prink-ma.html

http://www.likanas.de/ [a German site]

Visual learning techniques

http://www.stanford.edu/~rhorn/

http://www.infomap.com/index.htm

http://www.inspiration.com/vlearning/index.cfm?fuseaction=techniques

http://graphic.org/index.html

http://www-csli.stanford.edu/

http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/Groups/sage/sage.html

Drill

http://learn.how.to/

http://www.vtrain.net/home.htm [flashcard software]

Reading

http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubskey.cfm?from=nrp

http://www.readingonline.org/articles/handbook/index.html

http://itc.gsu.edu/academymodules/a304/index.html

Getting organized

http://www.onlineorganizing.com/NewslettersIssue.asp?newsletter=go

Useful resources

http://pics.psych.stir.ac.uk/

Tests and puzzles

http://www.worldmemorychallenge.com/

http://www.highiqsociety.org/noflash/nonmembers/iqtests.htm

http://www.eskimo.com/~miyaguch/

http://rec-puzzles.org/new/

http://www.curiousmath.com/

About memory

General

http://www.skepdic.com/memory.html

http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/onlinelearning/blogger.html

Neuroscience

http://web.sfn.org/content/Publications/BrainBriefings/index.html

http://www.brainplace.com/bp/brainsystem/default.asp

http://www.howstuffworks.com/mri.htm

http://neurodudes.com/

Conditions that impact on learning and memory

http://www.minddisorders.com

http://www.minddisorders.com/Br-Del/Cognitive-retraining.html

http://hope.abta.org/site/PageServer

http://www.diabetesselfmanagement.com/article.cfm?sid=1&tid=20&stid=41&aid=367&sk=5WYX

http://www.neurological.org.nz/html/headlines.htm

http://www.ldonline.org/

http://www.alz.org//Resources/Diversity/overview.asp

http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,53815,00.html

Repressed Memory

http://www.has.vcu.edu/psy/psy101/forsyth/loftus.htm

http://www.jimhopper.com/memory/

http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/mem.html

Knowledge sites

http://dnaftb.org/

http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/cosmic_evolution/docs/splash.html

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/ETEmain.html

http://www.badastronomy.com/

http://www.physics.org/

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/index.cfm

http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/furness/eric/teach/index.htm

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/mongols/

http://www.godchecker.com/

http://www.cbel.com/myths/

http://www.goodtyping.com/

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorial.html

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/

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Study skills

Look at the 10 traps of studying at:
http://caps.unc.edu/TenTraps.html

Study skill guides

University of Illinois, Chicago
www.uic.edu/depts/counselctr/ace/practic.htm

St Johns University
www.csbsju.edu/academicadvising/helplist.html

Dartmouth College
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/success/index.html

Marquette University
www.eop.mu.edu/study/

Virginia Tech
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html

California Polytechnic State University
http://sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl.html

Note-taking

Allen & Unwin Study Centre
http://www.allenandunwin.com/estudy/takingnotes.asp

St Johns University

York University
www.yorku.ca/cdc/lsp/note/note2.htm

Mind-mapping

The Buzan Centre, Australia:
http://www.buzan.com.au/

Reading

Reading myths from Academic Skills Center, Dartmouth College:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/docs/6_reading_myths.doc

Reading strategies from West Virginia University Learning Center
http://www.rfl.wvu.edu/learningcenter/id49.htm

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Parents corner

How should children be taught?

Alternatives

Montessori education

International Montessori Index
www.montessori.edu/

Montessori Connections
www.montessoriconnections.com/index.shtml

Montessori Online
www.montessori.org/

American Montessori Society
www.americanmontessorisociety.org/home.html

Suzuki approach to music

Suzuki method
www.parent-child-education.com/suzuki.htm

Maxine's site
ching.apana.org.au/~oliri/

Suzuki Association of the Americas
www.suzukiassociation.org/index.html

European Suzuki Association
www.europeansuzuki.org

Waldorf or Steiner schools

AWSNA
www.awsna.org/index.html

Directory for Latin America
www.sab.org.br/pedag-wal/lawaldir.htm

Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship
www.steinerwaldorf.org.uk/IndexFrame.htm

Christchurch Rudolf Steiner School
www.ch.steiner.school.nz/frames.html

Steiner Schools in Australia
www.ozemail.com.au/~cromhale/

"Alternative" schools

Indigo Schools
www.indigochild.com/schools.html

AERO
www.educationrevolution.org/

Homeschooling

National Home Education Research Institute
www.nheri.org/

About Homeschooling
homeschooling.about.com/education/homeschooling/

Father & Child article
www.fatherandchild.org.nz/fcarchives/issue09/homeschool.html

NZ Education Review Office report
www.ero.govt.nz/Publications/Homeschool/homesch-2.htm

Using computers in schools

Compulsory laptops at Seattle school (news)
www.seattleweekly.com/features/0112/news-lightfoot.shtml

Technology critic takes on computers in schools
www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/04/cyber/education/05education.html

Making the most of the Internet's potential for education
www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/02/cyber/education/09education.html

The computer delusion
www.theatlantic.com/issues/97jul/computer.htm

Computers, software can harm emotional, social development
www.boston.com/globe/columns/meltz/100198.htm

What should children be taught?

Curriculum Policies and Resources

UK National Curriculum
www.nc.uk.net/home.html

NZ National Curriculum
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index_page.cfm?id=1005&p=1003.1004

List of US Education Depts
http://directory.google.com/Top/Regional/North_America/United_States/Education/Departments/

EDinformatics
edinformatics.com/curriculum/curriculum.htm

Curriculum issues

Core Knowledge

http://www.theamericanenterprise.org/taema97e.htm

http://www.coreknowledge.org/

Helping your child learn

Educational sites for children

Memory & the brain

Neuroscience for kids
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html

Memory and learning
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chmemory.html#top

Don't forget
http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/dont_forget/index.html

Brains rule
http://www.brainsrule.com/index.htm

General resources

abcteach
www.abcteach.com/

DiscoverySchool
school.discovery.com/schoolhome.html

Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html

Project Happy Child
http://www.happychild.org.uk/

http://www.happychild.org.uk/pottedlearning/index.htm

Dositey
http://www.dositey.com/

Homework spot
http://homeworkspot.com/

Kids Hub
http://kidshub.org/kids/kids.cfm

High School Hub
http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm

Dewey Decimal Classification
http://www.oclc.org/dewey/about/ddctour/index.htm

http://www.columbia.k12.mo.us/dre/dewey/

John's Word Search Puzzles
http://www.thepotters.com/puzzles.html

Word Search
http://www.free-online-word-search-puzzles.com/kids.htm

Education Atlas
http://www.educationatlas.com/education-subjects.html

Social studies

NY Times Learning Network
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/

HistoryCentral
www.historycentral.com/

National Geographic
www.nationalgeographic.com/

Vikings - the North Atlantic Saga
http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/start.html

Encyclopedia Mythica
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica.html

Geography World
http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/101.html

Maps that teach
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/geography.htm

What is the capital of ...
http://www.what-is-the-capital-of.com/

Geosense
http://www.geosense.net

Art

Archkidecture
http://www.archkidecture.org/

Language

Hoadworks
http://www.hoadworks.com/gamemenu.htm

Maths

Automaths
http://www.edbydesign.com/automath.html

Cool Math 4 Kids
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

AAA Math
http://www.aaamath.com/B/

Number trick page
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1133/funwith.htm

SuperKids Math Worksheets
http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/

Open Directory
http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Math/

Figure this!
http://figurethis.org/

Natural History

Wonders of the Seas
http://www.oceanicresearch.org/lesson.html

SeaWorld
www.seaworld.org/

Life of Birds
www.pbs.org/lifeofbirds/

Ology
http://ology.amnh.org/?src=h_m

General science

Exploratorium
www.exploratorium.edu/

Try science
http://www.tryscience.org/home.html

Science Club
http://scienceclub.org/

Double Helix
http://www.csiro.au/helix/experiments/index.html

Do-it-yourself Science
http://www.californiasciencecenter.org/FunLab/DoItYourself/DoItYourself.htm

Strange Matter
http://www.strangematterexhibit.com/

Physics

Fear of physics
http://www.fearofphysics.com/

Biology

Biology in motion
http://biologyinmotion.com/

Space and earth sciences

Earth Science Enterprise
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov

Solar System Exploration
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm

Cool Cosmos
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/

Hubble
hubble.stsci.edu/

Windows to the Universe
www.windows.ucar.edu/

Mars Exploration Program
mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/

The K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook
http://wings.avkids.com/

Earth science: How stuff works
http://science.howstuffworks.com/channel.htm?ch=science&sub=sub-earth-science

Useful sites for teachers

General resources

the Gateway to Educational Materials
http://www.thegateway.org/

A to Z Teacher Stuff
http://atozteacherstuff.com/

Education Virtual Library
http://www.csu.edu.au/education/

PBS
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/

LessonPlans4Teachers
http://www.theeducatorsnetwork.com/main/lessonindex.htm

University of Otago
http://education.otago.ac.nz/NZLNet/home.nclk

Schoolhouse Technologies
http://www.schoolhousetech.com/

Abiator's Active Classroom
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/

Education World
http://www.education-world.com/

Study Stack
http://www.studystack.com/java-studysta/frames.jsp

Education Atlas
http://www.educationatlas.com/education-subjects.html

Language

English Zone
http://www.english-zone.com/teach/index.html

History

Best of History Web Sites
http://www.besthistorysites.net/

History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/

Genealogy for kids
http://www.genealogyspot.com/features/kids.htm?newslib

A teacher's guide to the Holocaust
http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/Holocaust/

A guide to K-12 Medieval studies
http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/pedagogical/k12/k12.html

The Online Reference for Medieval Studies
http://www.the-orb.net/

History/Social Studies for K-12 teachers
http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html

Mathematics & Science

Math Forum
http://mathforum.org/library/levels/

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
http://www.enc.org/

Go math
http://www.gomath.com/members/test/tutorial/body.html

Euclidean geometry
http://agutie.homestead.com/files/index.html

Spacelink
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Instructional.Materials/

Ocean Sciences Teacher Resource Center
http://www.vims.edu/bridge/

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Senior Center

Web Resources

U.S. Government sites:

National Aging Information Center
www.aoa.gov/naic/default.htm

National Institute on Aging
www.nih.gov/nia/

U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) publications
http://www.fda.gov/oc/olderpersons/olderpubs.html

Administration on Aging
http://www.aoa.gov/

Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center http://www.alzheimers.org/

Academic research:

http://www.andrus.org/

AARP
www.aarp.org/index.html

National Policy and Resource Center on Nutrition & Aging
www.fiu.edu/~nutreldr/index.html

American Federation for Aging Research
http://www.afar.org/

Directories:

ElderWeb
http://www.elderweb.com/

A2Z Senior SuperSite
http://www.seniorhospitality.com/

BigEye
http://www.bigeye.com/senior.htm

Senior Journal
http://www.seniorjournal.com/index.html

Special interests:

http://www.happyneuron.com/GBHappyNeuron/default.asp

http://www.healthandage.com/fpatient.htm

http://www.aarp.org/confacts/health/wwwhealth.html

http://www.faar.org/

http://www.senrs.com/

http://www.silverhairs.co.uk

http://www.secretsof.com/computertips/

Memory training

http://www.happyneuron.com/GBHappyNeuron/default.asp

http://www.easysurf.us/menu.htm

http://www.memorise.org/flashnum.html

http://www.queendom.com/mindgames/

http://www.psychtests.com/mindgames/

http://www.vocabulary.com/

http://www.rozies.com/Zzzz/Ringers/R-index.html

http://wordzap.com/enigma/enigma.asp

http://www.etymologic.com/

http://memory.uva.nl/

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Information management:

Thinking Critically about Discipline-Based World Wide Web Resources www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/discipline.htm

Search Engines

Argus Clearinghouse
www.clearinghouse.net/

A tutorial from Berkeley University library
www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html

CNet's Ultimate Guide to search
www.cnet.com/internet/0-3817-7-1922932.html

About's About searching
websearch.about.com/internet/websearch/cs/aboutsearching/index.htm

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Links

Memory Guide

Study Hall

Parents' Corner

Senior Center

Memory Guide >

Everyday memory >

List-learning strategies:

Method of loci

Pegword method

Link method

Story method

Keyword method

Verbal mnemonics:

Coding mnemonic

First-letter mnemonic

Web resources

The Art of Memory

Visual learning techniques

Getting organized

Useful resources

Tests and puzzles

About memory

Conditions that impact on learning and memory

Repressed Memory

Knowledge sites

Study skills

Note-taking

Mind-mapping

Reading

Parents corner

How should children be taught?

Montessori education

Suzuki approach to music

Waldorf or Steiner schools

"Alternative" schools

Homeschooling

Curriculum Policies and Resources

Curriculum issues

Helping your child learn

Memory & the brain

General resources

Social studies

Art

Language

Maths

Natural History

General science

Physics

Biology

Space and earth sciences

Useful sites for teachers

General resources

Language

History

Mathematics & Science

Senior Center

U.S. Government sites:

Directories:

Special interests:

Memory training

Information management:

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