How a Student Used Mnemonics to Pass his Grades

Today, I`d like to share with you the story of a young student,Daniel, who applied the methods described on this blog, and elsewhere. I know him personally and can vouch for his absolute integrity. Here is his story.

A Testimonial from Daniel Norman-University Student.

Having just finished my A-level exams in maths, physics and psychology I have to say I owe a lot to the techniques of mnemonics. A couple of years back I read a book on memory ‘tricks’ and how to use them to remember long lists of information.

Back then I didn’t really consider myself to have a fantastic memory and I wouldn’t say I was particularly intelligent either. Nevertheless, the basic techniques I learnt from this short and concise book, techniques which beforehand I knew little about, helped me considerably with every exam I’ve taken since.

I remember in History GSCE particularly I found it difficult to readily remember the dates and order of events when studying the development of medicine through time. I used a particular technique that links numbers with rhyming objects such as 1 bun, 2 shoe, 3 tree etc, and linked each object to a date and event!

Suddenly I found it hard to forget the information I needed for my exam! Having been predicted a B for History I went into the exam and included every date I had memorised and came out with an A overall! An astonishing result in my personal opinion!

I have carried on using these techniques to memories the 100+ names and studies needed for my psychology A-Level exam and it has worked a treat! Last year I achieved 100% and 95% in two of these exams! Again I don’t consider myself gifted in these subjects, as they are very content based where either you know it or you don’t.

Therefore, techniques like mnemonics have proven, to me at least, to be a very powerful tool when having to recall large amounts of information in whatever situation you need to. I will continue to adopt these fantastic methods when studying Engineering at University, as they will be extremely helpful when memorising formula needed for calculations!

I recommend the knowledge of these methods to anyone who wishes to pursue top marks with little effort in all subjects at any level! Of course they can also be used for other more practical things such as learning a shopping list or phone number etc!

Finally, I would like to thank Ken for creating this concise website so that others like myself can learn the various memory techniques developed and then hopefully apply them to everyday circumstances. Thanks