Learning Strategies

People learn in a variety of different ways. What is learning? Well learning is the gain of knowledge and understanding of something new. One learning strategy is to improve your memory; you can do this in a variety of ways. These include mnemonics, the loci method, and the use of jingles, rote memorisation and acronyms. Some people find it easy to learn information through the use of creativity. This could be in the form of a song or drawings. Lots of people find it very useful to learn things from the use of spider diagrams, because they can link the word up with a picture and then they tend to remember it easier. When I learn I tend to use spider diagrams because you can make them as colourful and creative as you want in order to remember it. Some people find flash cards to be very effective when learning information because they find that they are testing themselves and they feel some kind of accomplishment when they have the answer right. Some people tend to learn things by relating the information to life events or things that they associate with that piece of information. From looking at some of these learning strategies I found that everyone learns differently and some techniques can work for some people but might not work for everyone. This video has some examples of learning strategies.