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USE YOUR TIME WISELY
Rote learning is the accurate memorisation of facts and figures. You can use the following methods:
FLASh CArDS:
Make flash cards of what you find difficult to remember. a flash card usually has a word or concept on the front, and a definition, formula or more relevant information on the back. Test yourself using your flash cards whenever you have a moment, for example while you are having breakfast. Look at the word on the front and try to recall the information on the back. Turn the card around to check if you are correct. use bold colours and capital letters for the important words.
POSt-It NOtES:
use Post-it notes or small pieces of paper to write important definitions, formulas or other facts and figures that you need to remember. Stick or tape them to your physical environment, for example above the kettle or on a mirror.
MNEMONICS:
It can be fun to design mnemonics for detailed information that you need to remember. Types of mnemonics include songs, names, expressions or words, rhymes and images. Try to create a mnemonic that contains the essential points by using a personalised memorable phrase. here are two examples of such mnemonic phrases:
• you can use the expression oh, oh, oh! to touch and feel Very good Velvet – Such Heaven! to remember the 12 cranial nerves (olfactory, optic, oculomotor, trochlear, trigeminal, abducens, facial, vestibulocochlear, glossopharyngeal, vagus, spinal, hypoglossal).
• Another example is My Very Energetic Mother Jumps Secretly Under noodles to remember the names of the 8 planets in correct order from the Sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune – remember that Pluto is left out as it is no longer considered a planet.)