Cognitive - Strategies for memory improvement

Mnemonic Techniques: A structured technique used to help people remember and recall information. Used when we have to recall large amounts of unfamiliar information. 

Verbal Mnemonics: Useful when the order is important. 

Acronym: Where a word or sentence is formed from the initial letters of other words. 
e.g. ROYGBIV

OR

Acrostic: A poem or sentence where the first letter in each line or word forms the item to be remembered. 

Visual Mnemonics: Use of mental techniques. 

Method of Loci: Requires the learner to associate parts of the material to be learned with different places in order. 

Keyword Method: Used to associate two pieces of information such as a foreign language. 
e.g 'vin' remember: A van full of wine. 

Spider Diagrams: Making notes in the form of a drawing with branches.