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C8.1: How To Promote Learning Of The New Terms
How can the senses
be used to promote learning?
One frequently overlooked association is not
making an association between the term and the five senses: sight,
sound, touch, smell and taste.
Advertisements always try to appeal to as many senses
as possible. This is done so that a person will remember the product
better when perceived from different sensory modes.
Because each sense plays its part in transferring
information to your memory, it is important that you learn how to use
the individual senses to help in making mental associations.
Directions will now be given on how to use the individual
senses to make memory associations or links.
| Sight |
The most powerful way to connect something new
to something already stored in ones mind is to create a picture
in the mind that contains something showing the term's classification
and identifying characteristic(s).
This can be done as follows:
- Make the identifying characteristic(s)
the dominant feature of the picture or illustration
of the term.
- Use a distinguishing color for the identifying
characteristic(s)
- Give the picture a name and put this
name on your vocabulary card.
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| Sounds |
Always try to think of any sound that could be
associated with the term's classification and identifying characteristic(s).
This can be done by asking, "Are there any sounds associated
with the term."
Some types of sounds are as follows:
- Emotional - moans, applause, cheers,
etc.
- Mechanical - bangs, screech, roar, rattle,
etc.
- Nature - rain, wind, waterfall, lighting,
etc.
- Party - laughter, shouts, music,
etc.
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| Touch |
Always try to think of any feeling that could be
associated with the term's classification and identifying characteristic(s).
This can be done by asking, "What feeling is associated with
the term's classification and identifying characteristic(s)?"
Some types of feeling are as follows:
- Temperature - hot, warm, cold, etc.
- Texture - smooth, rough, sandy, etc.
- Substance - glass, water, oil, etc.
Writing the term's classification and identifying
characteristic(s) will improve the retention of the new information.
This is one reason why it is helpful to rewrite class notes soon
after a lecture.
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| Taste |
Always try to think of any taste that could be
associated with the term's classification and identifying characteristic(s).
This can be done by asking, "What taste is associated with
the term's classification?"
Some types of tastes are as follows:
- Flavor - sweet, sour, yucky, etc.
- Food - fruit, vegetable, meat, etc.
- Beverage - milk, cola, orange, etc.
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| Smell |
Always try to think of any smells that could be
associated with the term's classification and identifying characteristic(s).
This can be done by asking, "What smell is associated with
the term's classification?"
Some types of smells are as follows:
- Bad
- Good
- Food
- Animal
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