As a strategy to help you remember information, use the acronym SPORT. This is short for:
Say to yourself, “Where did I see this information while studying?"
- Try to think of where the information was located in a certain book, certain chapter, certain page of lecture notes, or certain flash card.
Picture in your head what you read or wrote.
- Close your eyes and visualize the information just as you saw it while studying.
- Try to remember what you said aloud when you studied.
Organize in your mind all of the study aids you used.
- Mnemonics, acrostics, flash cards, mind maps, 2 column notes, etc.
- Think about study notes you made, keywords, and pictures.
Remember to “dump” all the information as you recall it.
- Write everything you remember on scrap paper or on the back of the test.
Tell yourself that you need to look at the “dumped” information.
- Look at everything you wrote on scrap paper or on the back of the test.
- Make sure you include everything in your answer.
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