Links to useful strategy resources

• General
• Mnemonics
• The Art of Memory
• Visual learning techniques
• Drill
• Reading
• Getting organized
• Useful resources
• Tests and puzzles

General

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

http://www.brainskills.co.uk/

Mnemonics

Information on mnemonics and their applications

Information on mnemonic techniques from the University of Amsterdam Psychology Dept

a series of excellent articles on using mnemonics in teaching

A directory of mnemonic and speedreading resources

Article on mnemonic devices

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/

Examples of pseudonumerology:

American Presidents
Periodic Table
Geological Timescale

First-letter mnemonic

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

The Art of Memory

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

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

Drill

http://fullrecall.com/[flashcard-type software]

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

Tests and puzzles

http://www.lumosity.com/

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/

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