The Testing Effect

Regularly testing yourself will speed up learning. When you test yourself and answer incorrectly, you are more likely to recall the right answer after you look it up. You will also remember that you didn't remember.

Previous research has shown that if you're young and healthy, mistakes enhance learning. But people with memory impairments, such as ageing, benefit most from error-free learning. New research challenges all of this. Researchers found that the types of clues make the difference. ...

A memory device that helps you retain and retrieve information simply with the use of retrieval cues to encode information in the brain.

1. List the words you want to remember.
2. Write the initials of each word vertically.
3. Create a sentence/phrase using the initials.