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nAi.PrOtOsS
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Canada784 Posts
January 21 2009 01:13 GMT
#1
I have an Earth Space science exam in 2 days and the course is literally just about memorizing terms. There probably about 1500+ definitions that I have to know for this exam. I know I won't be able to memorize them all but I still am not sure how I can even begin this task.

SO bassically I need to memorize a very very very very very large amount of information in a very very very small amount of time. Any suggestions on how to do this?

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Nitrogen
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States5345 Posts
January 21 2009 01:14 GMT
#2
read the term then the corresponding definition

repeat 1500+ times
UNFUCK YOURSELF
clazziquai
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
6685 Posts
January 21 2009 01:14 GMT
#3
man 2 days is doable!
For first semester I had a final and had to memorize like 500 terms total and did it in 7 hours total and managed to get a 90 (the only good course for me XD)
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nAi.PrOtOsS
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Canada784 Posts
January 21 2009 01:15 GMT
#4
On January 21 2009 10:14 Nitrogen wrote:
read the term then the corresponding definition

repeat 1500+ times


The problem with that is I could forget them after reading the next 20, it doesn't seem very efficient.
fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
January 21 2009 01:16 GMT
#5
flash cards

you can use virtual ones if you want, pretty sure you could adapt anki for this
SKT_Best: "I actually chose Protoss because it was so hard for me to defeat Protoss as a Terran. When I first started Brood War, my main race was Terran."
LosingID8
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
CA10829 Posts
January 21 2009 01:18 GMT
#6
http://www.flashcardexchange.com/
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Nytefish
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United Kingdom4282 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-21 01:20:42
January 21 2009 01:19 GMT
#7
I memorise things visually. So I'll remember the title of a section, then see on the page how many lines (definitions) there are and roughly how long each one is, also how may per sub-section. Then when it comes to remembering it I imagine I'm staring at the paper again.

But I haven't met anyone else who does it in this weird way.

Just keep writing the definitions out over and over until they stick (by hand, don't type).

Oh yeah you could try flash cards too, I've never used them but according to peers they do work.
No I'm never serious.
Nitrogen
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States5345 Posts
January 21 2009 01:20 GMT
#8
On January 21 2009 10:15 nAi.PrOtOsS wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 21 2009 10:14 Nitrogen wrote:
read the term then the corresponding definition

repeat 1500+ times


The problem with that is I could forget them after reading the next 20, it doesn't seem very efficient.


then do it twice
UNFUCK YOURSELF
Zortch
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada635 Posts
January 21 2009 01:21 GMT
#9
For me, I would write them out over and over.
Respect is everything. ~ARchon
fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
January 21 2009 01:23 GMT
#10
whatever method you use, its the repetition thats the key. The more times you go over it, the better your chances
SKT_Best: "I actually chose Protoss because it was so hard for me to defeat Protoss as a Terran. When I first started Brood War, my main race was Terran."
LosingID8
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
CA10829 Posts
January 21 2009 01:23 GMT
#11
create some sort of mental game that ties the word with their concept together. it doesn't even have to be connected in any way--it could even relate to starcraft.
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nAi.PrOtOsS
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Canada784 Posts
January 21 2009 01:25 GMT
#12
On January 21 2009 10:23 LosingID8 wrote:
create some sort of mental game that ties the word with their concept together. it doesn't even have to be connected in any way--it could even relate to starcraft.


good idea i think it was p=nrt a science thing and i always remembered it because p = protoss and NRT is a starcraft clan
YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-21 01:26:37
January 21 2009 01:25 GMT
#13
Try relating each term to a funny event and place it as a story... For example if you want to memorize your alphabets in order, create a simple yet weird story to help you remember...

[A]nna the [A]norexic, had giant [B]oobs, and a [C]ock, however her [D]ick wasn't huge enough to be in the [E]xtreme [F]ucking contest...etc...

Edit: you dont have to memorize the phrase, but just make sure the list of things that went on is easily memorizable.
sMi.Gladstone | BW: B high| SC2: gold T_T
Nitrogen
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States5345 Posts
January 21 2009 01:26 GMT
#14
On January 21 2009 10:25 YPang wrote:
Try relating each term to a funny event and place it as a story... For example if you want to memorize your alphabets in order, create a simple yet weird story to help you remember...

[A]nna the [A]norexic, had giant [B]oobs, and a [C]ock, however her [D]ick wasn't huge enough to be in the [E]xtreme [F]ucking contest...etc...


why are there 2 As
UNFUCK YOURSELF
YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-21 01:29:13
January 21 2009 01:28 GMT
#15
On January 21 2009 10:26 Nitrogen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 21 2009 10:25 YPang wrote:
Try relating each term to a funny event and place it as a story... For example if you want to memorize your alphabets in order, create a simple yet weird story to help you remember...

[A]nna the [A]norexic, had giant [B]oobs, and a [C]ock, however her [D]ick wasn't huge enough to be in the [E]xtreme [F]ucking contest...etc...


why are there 2 As


u can take it out if you want to, i just think having 2 A's is easier to remember cuz its a starting point, and different from the rest...
sMi.Gladstone | BW: B high| SC2: gold T_T
ilovehnk
Profile Joined October 2008
475 Posts
January 21 2009 01:32 GMT
#16
lol, never leave until the last couple days to study........... do it regular, do it everyday, overtime you will accumulate alot and it becomes easy.
Hikou Shinketsushuu
nAi.PrOtOsS
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Canada784 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-21 01:44:52
January 21 2009 01:39 GMT
#17
O and just for interest sake, about how much money would a 7 decimal scale cost?

Also since I know I am a little bit behind, I am going to stay up all night. Will this have bad reprocussions on my test scores?? Anyone know from experience?
DoctorHelvetica
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States15034 Posts
January 21 2009 01:45 GMT
#18
Use them in sentences over and over again. Make up an imaginary conversation where you use the terms, do this several times.

Or pretend you're teaching them to someone else. Make a pretend lecture, give examples of the terms, explain them a little bit. This is how I study for exams.
RIP Aaliyah
anderoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada1876 Posts
January 21 2009 01:48 GMT
#19
being graded on your ability to memorize

tsk tsk education system, tsk tsk
Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
January 21 2009 01:54 GMT
#20
I hope this doesn't derail the thread, and if it does, I will give nai $5.

Anyways, I have a similar dilemma.

I am now taking an art history class, a large portion of which is memorizing works of art and the person that created them/their historical significance. Now, obviously flashcards would be awesome, but I simply don't have the money/whatever to print out thousands of color images. So I was wondering if there was a way to make virtual flashcards that use a picture instead of text (the professor provides us with .jpg's of all of the works of art in question) on one side? If not, have any of you had a class like this before? And if so, how did you go about it?

Class just started though, so I won't have exams for a few weeks yet.
LosingID8
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
CA10829 Posts
January 21 2009 01:58 GMT
#21
On January 21 2009 10:54 Lemonwalrus wrote:
I hope this doesn't derail the thread, and if it does, I will give nai $5.

Anyways, I have a similar dilemma.

I am now taking an art history class, a large portion of which is memorizing works of art and the person that created them/their historical significance. Now, obviously flashcards would be awesome, but I simply don't have the money/whatever to print out thousands of color images. So I was wondering if there was a way to make virtual flashcards that use a picture instead of text (the professor provides us with .jpg's of all of the works of art in question) on one side? If not, have any of you had a class like this before? And if so, how did you go about it?

Class just started though, so I won't have exams for a few weeks yet.

you fail at reading the thread!

On January 21 2009 10:18 LosingID8 wrote:
http://www.flashcardexchange.com/

Make your own flashcards

Creating flashcards is as easy as visiting the create flashcards page and following the instructions. Specifically, you can:

* Create an unlimited number of flashcards.
* Create flashcards in any language.
* Make your flashcards available to the web site community (see tags).
* Import flashcards from text files and Microsoft Excel.
Create flashcards with images. Currently jpegs can be used for image flashcards.
* Create audio flashcards. Currently mp3 files can be used for audio flashcards.
* Include a “hint” to assist in the study process.
* See the flashcard creation help pages for more information.
ModeratorResident K-POP Elitist
Dead9
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States4725 Posts
January 21 2009 02:00 GMT
#22
On January 21 2009 10:39 nAi.PrOtOsS wrote:
O and just for interest sake, about how much money would a 7 decimal scale cost?

Also since I know I am a little bit behind, I am going to stay up all night. Will this have bad repercussions on my test scores?? Anyone know from experience?

Don't stay up all night
When you sleep, you're actually storing up energy for the day after tomorrow (which is why tuesday = pain)
Also, lack of sleep does not help when you're trying to memorize terms
Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-21 02:02:46
January 21 2009 02:02 GMT
#23
On January 21 2009 10:58 LosingID8 wrote:
you fail at reading the thread!

Shut up meanie pants.
LosingID8
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
CA10829 Posts
January 21 2009 02:02 GMT
#24
On January 21 2009 11:02 Lemonwalrus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 21 2009 10:58 LosingID8 wrote:
On January 21 2009 10:54 Lemonwalrus wrote:
I hope this doesn't derail the thread, and if it does, I will give nai $5.

Anyways, I have a similar dilemma.

I am now taking an art history class, a large portion of which is memorizing works of art and the person that created them/their historical significance. Now, obviously flashcards would be awesome, but I simply don't have the money/whatever to print out thousands of color images. So I was wondering if there was a way to make virtual flashcards that use a picture instead of text (the professor provides us with .jpg's of all of the works of art in question) on one side? If not, have any of you had a class like this before? And if so, how did you go about it?

Class just started though, so I won't have exams for a few weeks yet.

you fail at reading the thread!

On January 21 2009 10:18 LosingID8 wrote:
http://www.flashcardexchange.com/

Make your own flashcards

Creating flashcards is as easy as visiting the create flashcards page and following the instructions. Specifically, you can:

* Create an unlimited number of flashcards.
* Create flashcards in any language.
* Make your flashcards available to the web site community (see tags).
* Import flashcards from text files and Microsoft Excel.
Create flashcards with images. Currently jpegs can be used for image flashcards.
* Create audio flashcards. Currently mp3 files can be used for audio flashcards.
* Include a “hint” to assist in the study process.
* See the flashcard creation help pages for more information.

Shut up meanie pants.
don't bite the hand that feeds you!
ModeratorResident K-POP Elitist
Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
January 21 2009 02:04 GMT
#25
Ty.

I went there, but thought it was just text.

So I fail at reading the link, not the thread.
Ethelis
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States2397 Posts
January 21 2009 02:18 GMT
#26
On January 21 2009 10:21 Zortch wrote:
For me, I would write them out over and over.


this + flash cards
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Malongo
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Chile3472 Posts
January 21 2009 02:30 GMT
#27
Once i read a book about memorizing things from a dude than can memorize lots of things (one of those guys that memorize a full deck of cards in like 2 minutes). Well the basic idea behind this method is that you use an stupid or absurd mental image about what you want to remember.
Well some key points were:
The image you made has to be as real and absurd as posible (if its not absurd its more likely to be forgotten), and that you dont spend more than 2 second on each image. Kind of funny that i still remember the example list of things he gave to remember at first:
1 carpet (here is the basic word)
2 paper (you want to link carpet-paper so image of cleaning your shoes on paper instead of a carpet
3 bottle (picture a bottle of paper with wine dripping)
4 bed (picture of yourself sleeping over bottles)
5 fish (picture yourself holding a fish while sleeping)
6 chair (picture of a fish talking to you on a chair)
7 window (picture yourself throwing a chair through a window)
8 phone (picture youself talking through a window instead of a phone)
9 cigarrete (picture of cigarretes coming from the phone instead of sounds)
10 television (picture a screen made of cigarretes)
11 dish (picture yourself eating over a tv)
12 hambuguer (eat a dish instead of a burguer)
13 car (picture of a car with hamburguer wheels)
14 coffe pot (a car with a cofee pot design)
15 brick (a building made of cofee pots)

I know these words are simple enough to be remembered but the method is quite good for complex definitions if you select some keywords from the definition you want to remember and link them to the name to be remembered with an absurd image. If someone wants the book i know its somewhere in my pc but it will take like a week to read. Try to use the stupid images, this works fine for me.
Help me! im still improving my English. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. M. G.
Guybrush
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
Spain4744 Posts
January 21 2009 03:58 GMT
#28
Heres a word Ive memorized.

The word is Krocsyldiphithic.
Definition?
Something which has a krocsyldiph-like quality.
Uh, could you use it in a sentence?
Certainly. "Krocsyldiphithic" is a hard word to spell.
Live2Win is awesome. Happy new year scarabi!
Savio
Profile Joined April 2008
United States1850 Posts
January 21 2009 06:02 GMT
#29
memorize like 20-50 at a time. When it is good go to the next 20-50. After a few hundred go over all the previous memorized terms. Do the next few hundred 20-50 at a time, then go over that chunk. Do this until you have it all, then do the entire list.

Seriously.
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. – Winston Churchill
fight_or_flight
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States3988 Posts
January 21 2009 06:43 GMT
#30
I'm kind of interested in the types of things you have to memorize for an Earth Space science class.....could you give me an example or two?
Do you really want chat rooms?
Physician *
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States4146 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-21 06:59:34
January 21 2009 06:58 GMT
#31
1500+ definitions/ 2days?


- ur only option is to sleep 8 hours a day, and study ten hours per day, and to read each definition with attention (hence good sleep) and hope for the best..
- if u study 10 hours per day u have around 1200 minutes available total - u pretty much have to read a definition within 40 secs and hope u retain it (u should retain 30% of the first day 60% of the second if u have average interest and avg memory just reading)
- u should have started earlier.. now ur pretty much screwed time wise lol
- hope u know most of them already..
"I have beheld the births of negative-suns and borne witness to the entropy of entire realities...."
nAi.PrOtOsS
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Canada784 Posts
January 21 2009 15:52 GMT
#32
Here is a list of a few I need to know I guess I will write the definitions as well to try and learn them better.

Ridge Push: The downward force produced as the uplifted oceanic ridge moves towards the subduction zone.

Ridge Slab Pull: As the slab sinks, the weight of the slab pulls the lithosphere into the subduction zone at the downward convection current.

Asthenospheric Drag: The lateral force caused by the convection in the asthenosphere, may drag on the base of the lithosphere.

Types of magma-
Mafic: High mineral content of magnesium, and iron.
Felsic: Contains light minerals such as feldspar, silicon, and carbon.

Volcanic rock types-
Mafic: Basalt content.
Intermediate: andesite.
Felsic: Rhyolite

Types of Volcanoes- (Shield, Cinder cone, Composite)
Shield volcanoes: Large, gently sloping with a near circular base. Formed by many layers of basaltic lava.
Cinder cone: Formed when pyroclastic material is ejected unto the air and falls back around the vent, usually steeper but smaller.
Composite: Formed when layers of volcanic fragments alternate with lava. Larger then cinder cones and extremely explosive.

Tephra: Fragments that are thrown into the air during and eruption are called tephra. They are classified by size, dust being the smallest and volcanic blocks being the largest.

Pyroclastic Flow: Is a cloud of (700 degree celcius) ash speeding down the slopes of a volcano, and are the most dangerous part about a volcano, because they contain many dangerous and boiling gasses.

Screw it! I am just going to read them over many many times I think that is the most efficient way.
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