Week 6 : Memory Learning & Improving concentration
Wednesday / 19th of July 2017 / Al-Biruni 1 UiTM Pahang Jengka Campus
In this week, we must know :
1) Understanding memory process
2) Memory strategies
3) Understanding concentration
4) Strategies for improving concentration
5) Reading / study system (SQ3R)
Who are we?…Know ourself..
-we must know our creator,love our creator and find love from our creator
-as a human, we must be a grateful because human are the most brilliant creature and talkative person
-besides of that, human also like to judge, know the differences of good and bad,know what true and false and more.
-According to Zig Ziglar, if we help people…we can get what we want
-so the meaning is, as a muslim, if we help people, Allah will help us with many of ways and to me, it is so fair. :)
That just `Muqaddimah’ or starter or…so..lets start our topics in this sixth week…. :)
So..my instructor tell us to count how many the letter of F in this sentences..in our heart..not using our mouth..
So…after count it..I just weird why did us have different answer..mine is 6…my friend is 3…my other friend is 8…its kind of weird..after that..the instructor explain it…why it different…
-the ways we study are not same with our friends
-don’t copy our friends ways of study
-it may make our result bad
-our brains are different each others
Learning Pyramid
-we need to understand how information is learned and to understand the needs of using various kind of active learning strategies in :
1) Learning
2) Retaining
3) Using the information (encoding,storage and retrieval adnd hence
4) Indicates how one learns
5) Remembers and forgets
What is memory? What is brain?
Memory : The retention of information over time or the mind stores or remember information (mental processes/cognition), just like a computer
Brain : It is an organ, like computer hardware
-when we learn and remember, we will encode, store and retrieve the information
-the analogy is just like a computer
components
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computer
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human
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Encoding / input
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Keyboard,camera
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Eyes,mouth,nose,skin
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Storage
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Hard disk,thumb drive
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SM, STM,LTM
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Retrieval / output
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Screen,printer
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Writing,talking
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Why human’s brain are brilliant than others
creatures????????
-human are the best creature in this world because we have memory
-the size of human’s brain is 3 times bigger than gorilla’s brain
-have memories that we can keep
What is in our brain????????
-can be scan using Magnetic Reasoning Imaging (MRI)
-MRI can measure the activities of the brain and the function of the brain
-in this life, our brain transmits data messages with speeds up to 250km per hour by trillions of cell networks
-in consciousness, our brain can produce 25 watts of electric power which is sufficient to light up a bulb
-files have 1000,000 brain cells, rats have 5,000,000, monkeys have 10,000,000 and human have 100,000,000,000
-it can be said that there is not much different between the human brain
-the right brain’s capacity is 100 times than the left brain. Some people use 3% and the others 97% are stored in the right brain of the unconscious part.
Differences between the right and left brain :
The power of mind : we must setting our mind because what ever we do are focusing on what in our mind.
What is the different of memory and brain????????
The relay???? The Storage (retain information)
What is actually the meaning of MEMORY?
-the human memory system is divided into three types : memory of sense (SM), memory short term memory (STM) and long term memory (LTM)
-many of us wondering the ways of methods to improve the memory
-but many did not understand or lack of exposure about the nature of memory
-but there’s are some ways : keep our body healthy
Memory can be improved by :
1) Give your brain a workout
2) Don't skip the physical exercise
3) Get your Zs
4) Make time for friends
5) Keep stress in check
6) Have a laugh
7) Eat a brain-boosting diet
8) Identify and treat health problems
9) Take practical steps to support learning and memory
Why are we always be a forgetful person? :
1)Disturbance
2)Our focus
3)Time factor
Why we always remember others things easily? :
1)Interest
2)Choice
3)Repeat
4)Always exercise
Memory strategies
Examples:
-What strategy do we use to remember the colors of the rainbow??
-if we don’t have a smart phone or pen & paper, what strategy do we have to use to remember our friend’s phone number?
MNEMONICS
-mnemonic is a memory tricks
-it is a method to remember using the things we love and in our environment
-make it funny
-there are two types of mnemonic : acronyms and rhythms
Examples :
Because I had watch Upin Ipin because of my little siblings…I remember how they told us to remember the colors of the rainbow..Its sound likes this..in Malay
Mari Jual Kacang Hijau Bersama Ipin Upin
Others example that our instructor gave in english :
Michael Jackson Kill His Brother In University
It’s so fun right?? we can create it using our creativity…
Strategies For Improving Concentration
-use motivational and organizational strategies (create interest in the work, develop a positive attitude toward you work, use goal setting strategies, use time-management strategies.)
-create a positive learning environment (find a better location, reduce multitasking, minimize distractions)
-deal with internal distractions (deal with personal problems, deal with competing activities)
-use active learning strategies (as discussed in improving memory)
-match your learning style to the task
-monitor your concentration
Cause of Poor concentration
-lack of attention
-lack of interest
-lack of motivation
-distraction from others
-uncomfortable environment
-physiological matters (illness, tiredness)
-psychological matters (personal problem, worries, anxieties)
SURVEY-QUESTION-READ-RECITE-REVIEW(SQ3R)
Survey
-make a survey to get an overview of the chapters that will be read
-tittle, subtopic, introductory chapter, graph, chart, picture or summary of the topic
Question
-build some questions while reading so that our mind is always looking for the answers
next week..is the last week..im so excited..okay..bye..:D
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