Go beyond examples provided in class and in the text, and bring your general knowledge and experiences into play by relating them to academic ideas. When you can generate your own examples, you demonstrate your understanding, and your memory is enhanced. Concrete images are more memorable than abstract ideas, and that is why pictures are such important instructional aids for your instructors and text authors. Associate your own mental pictures to the academic content. In your class and text notes use colour to highlight headings and other key ideas.
Mnemonics are memory training devices or ways of making associations to aid in remembering.
The economical use of mnemonics to study for a test can be very effective. There are many types of mnemonics and, no doubt, you will have used some of them. These are just a few of the many types of mnemonics that you can use. As you study for your tests, use your imagination to generate fitting mnemonics for some of the key information in your courses. The more times you go over something, the better your memory will be of that information.