Implementing ACTIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES is a great way to improve your learning and enhance recall of information. The following is a list of strategies that many students find helpful when learning new information.

• REGULAR REVIEW: Review your class notes within twenty-four hours to facilitate transferring facts into your brain & keeping them there. A short, organized review every day will help this process and increase the ability to retrieve information.

• STUDY ALOUD: Verbal rehearsal strategies engage your senses. See the information, SAY the information and your brain will hear the information. This is an ACTIVE LEARNING strategy for those who are auditory learners.

• ORGANIZE INFORMATION: Putting new information into categories enhances not only your memory but the retrieval of this information. Group points chronologically, according to similarities, countries, events, etc... This is an ACTIVE LEARNING strategy for those who are visual learners.

• COLOR CODE: Use a variety of colors to create vivid visual images. Try color pens, markers, highlighters, post-it notes, flags, index cards and color paper. Sorting the information according to color code enhances visual processing. This is an ACTIVE LEARNING strategy for those who are visual learners.

• VISUALS: Charts, graphs, timelines, mapping or webbing, compare & contrast diagrams. These formats help transform linear text into concrete visual representations of information. This is an ACTIVE LEARNING strategy for those who are visual learners.

• MOVEMENTS: Incorporating physical activity such as writing, pacing, tapping, or dribbling a ball facilitates the memory process for many students. This is an ACTIVE LEARNING strategy for those individuals who are kinesthetic learners.

For more information contact The Learning Skills Specialist at
(610) 660-1846