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Easy Strategy For Students' Visual Memory Improvement

By Kyle Richey
Sep 15, 2008
Just about anyone you talk to who has ever had anything to do with children will tell you that if you want a child to really learn something you need to add an element of fun to the lesson. When you make it a game, it makes it easier for the student to retain the information and recall it at a later date. Of course, the added benefit of making a lesson fun is the fact that the student is more likely to pay attention to the next one as well.

You want to make these strategies for improving visual memory in students fun so that they'll look forward to learning and they will even compete with each other to increase their odds of grasping the information even more. Make it a game and they will look forward to it each and every time and pretty soon they'll remember everything you ask them to.

Method 1 - The Picture Game

A great strategy for improving visual memory in students is to play the picture game.

With the picture game, show students a picture that has many aspects to it. For example, a picture you show them will usually have a foreground and background. Let them take a look at the picture for a few minutes (as an example, let's say you have a picture of a clown standing in the foreground with some balloons, and in the background is a crowd of children eagerly waiting to see him when he turns around to perform his tricks). Let the children have a good look at the picture for a few moments and then hide it. After the picture has been hidden, ask the children specific questions about it. For example, what color was the clown's nose, shirt, hair, or shoes? How many children were waiting behind the clown to see him perform? What color were the balloons he was holding? And so on.

These types of questions are fun and cause the students to want to remember details about the picture. This, in turn, can greatly help them enhance their visual memories.

Rewards

One of the best ways to improve visual memory in students is to use rewards for those who get all the details right. These rewards don't have to be much (a star or two in the front of the room by the student's name is a good idea), but the idea is to get students to really strive to want to remember more and more, so that they enhance their memories and therefore improve their learning skills in general.

It does not have to be anything big. In fact, rewards can be something as small as a sticker next to their name. Increase the level or type of reward based on how much they get right or how difficult it is. It is important to motivate students to want to participate in these activities. Doing these types of activities help students in the long run because it improves their ability to study and retain the information that they learn. Since many teachers use visual aids as part of their presentations being able to accurately recall visual images can be of significant benefit.

Remember that the most important thing for students who are in school is that they need to learn. If they don't learn to remember, they won't do well in life, because the information they learn won't be retained. Utilizing strategies to improve visual memory in students will only do your students a favor, and it's one that they'll carry throughout their lives.
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