Alzheimer's Disease: 15 Ways to Remember What You Have Learned

For every one of these factors, efforts have been made to suggest how forgetting could be minimized. These factors include:

1. Well spaced and distributed review of learnt material.
2. Meaningful organization and processing of material before teaching and for review purposes.
3. Material to be taught should be relevant to the needs experiential background and interest of students.
4. An effective study time-table should be made so that suitable period during the working day is set aside for studying.
5. The method of study must be varied and should involve meaningful repetition, memorization and practice.
6. Environmental interferences should be curbed. These include music from the radio and other electronic equipments. Letters from loved ones which may tempt the student to read over again and again soft and well dressed items of furniture (e.g. bed) which may lure the student to read and so forth.
7. Employ continuous assessment techniques to keep yourself constantly on guard or mentally alert. Space assessment should be done at suitable intervals.
8. Learn thoroughly so that retention can last long too.
9. Motivate yourself to learn, by making learning something of interest to you.
10. Emphasize distinctive features of similar materials.
11. Learn concepts and principles to aid retention and application.
12. Learn manageable units of material. Do not attempt to learn too much at a time.
13. Avoid note memorization except where it is meaningfully and coherently organized.
14. Materials must be commensurate with your ability, readiness level and vocabulary.
15. Other conditions include good health, stable emotions, motivation, enthusiasm and so forth.