LibGuides: Study Skills: Memory

Tips to Improve Memory & Concentration

9 Way to Improve Memory
It is more natural to forget something than to remember it. If you intend to remember something, apply as many of the following techniques as possible.
Using Mnemonic Devices to Make Memorization Easier
Use the following mnemonic techniques and specific memory tricks to improve your memory and memorization.
Quiz: How Good is Your Memory?
Take this Short Term Memory Test to find out!
Student Hacks for Memory
10 ways to make information cement in your mind.

4 Ways to Improve Focus and Memory
Harvard Health shares four evidence‑based strategies including single‑task focus, environment control, and mindful engagement to enhance your information processing and memory.
Concentration Tips
Handout with tips to improve concentration.
Quiz: What do you know about your Concentration?
Time control and concentration quiz.
Tips to Improve Concentration
Harvard Health’s article shares practical, medically backed tips like mindfulness exercises, healthy lifestyle habits, and simple cognitive practices to help sharpen your concentration.

ACRONYMS: NBA = National Basketball Association

MLB = Major League Baseball

HOMES = Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior (Great Lakes)

ACROSTICS/SENTENCES: My Dear Aunt Sally = Multiply and Divide before you Add and Subtract

My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos = Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (Order of the Planets)

RHYMES AND SONGS: The song, “Fifty Nifty,” alphabetizes the 50 states.

CHUNKING: Decrease the number of items you are holding in memory by increasing the size of each item = 648311996 becomes 64 831 1996.