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Mind Maps | Worried About Exams? Improve Your Memory
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Mind Maps | Worried About Exams? Improve Your Memory
Are you worrying about exams? Here are some tips to help you improve your memory, so revising for those tests will be a breeze!
Use Mind Maps – You need a clean sheet of paper and some bright coloured crayons. Write the subject matter in the centre of the page and then draw branches off of the central topic. On each of these branches, write the name of an idea that links with the main subject. Then draw a number of branches that come from each idea and write the words that fit with that idea. You will now have a page of different topics that you can link up. The branches help your brain associate all of the connected ideas to your subject, so you will have lots to write about!
Repetition: It may be boring – but the more you practice something the easier it gets to remember. Keep chipping away and give yourself reasonable breaks so that it doesn’t become painful. Also, make a timetable that allows you to repeat topics so that when you come to the exam you have looked at them a number of times, rather than once – when you may have not been in the right frame of mind! According to Tony Buzan, Mind Maps book author – he says it takes repeating an action 5 times to remember it for good.
Choose hobbies carefully: Past times like dance, sports and revising to music can all help you with your focus and concentration as they require you to learn routines and become disciplined. And they are fun too – so you will subconsciously be training your brain whilst having a good time!
Memory Movies: Imagine what you are trying to learn as the scenes from a movie and make it as vivid as possible. Draw an image that reminds you of your scene. Then all you need to do is press replay in your head when you are in the exam room.
Blanking out: We’ve all done it! We’ve spent ages revising or practicing something and then it’s like the lights have gone out! Stay calm, think about where you learnt the information. Where were you? What book was it in? Where on your mind map was it positioned? What colour pens did you write it in? Eventually, by retracing your footsteps, you will get there.
Learning Lines: If you are in a drama exam and you have a script to learn – think about how you would say the part. The tools above can apply to learning lines also.
MP3’s: Record your lines / subjects on to MP3, so you can listen to them. This may be more relaxing than trying to study from textbooks and will reach your subconscious rather like when you listen to a song!
Remember, we all are different. Some people are audio learners, some like visuals and others need to learn through practical measures… Only you can figure out what is right for you so try and test and you will work it out!
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