Natural Science Forum / Physics / General Physics / February 2008

On Feb 26, 3:32 pm, "Androcles" <Headmas...@Hogwarts.physics> wrote:

The penny finally dropped, huh?

Better than yours.

Use any one you like, that's the beauty of mnemonics, they mean
whatever you want them to mean and nothing to anybody else.
Did it really take you three classes to learn about levers?
No wonder you rely on mnemonics.
What mnemonic would you use to remember your own name?
Hint: Don't Know Who.

Wanna bet? I don't know much physics, but I'm a quick learner and I
know given enough time, with enough resources from the internet and
ordering a few physics books on line, then studying them, I would get
the answer. Timing is everything, like I said. This is why mnemonics
helps. It reduces the time you might spend orgainizing the pertinent
information. There will be some concepts that I would never
understand, given all the time I wanted though, but I could still
probably get the right answer. Mnemonics is simply a kind of
organization of the info you have ready. It helps present your info in
a more timely manner. It is precisely those kind of obscure physics
questions that only come up very occasionally, that involve multiple
steps that someone would benefit most from. In fact, any kind of
learning involves mnemonics, even if we don't recognize the method of
the mnemonic. When people say they just remember something, they don't
understand HOW that memorization took place. It could be a picture, an
order or heirarchy, an emotion, an association, a comparison to
something they already know, which in turn is a comparison of
something else...on and on. Lots of mnemonics, even if they aren't
conscious. Obvioulsy, I want some that people are aware of and how
they are used.  You may be familiar with the man who recited pi to
10,000 places, and tells prime no. form composite in seconds. Often
those people are sevants and cannot tell you how it is done. For him,
he states that each number has a shape, texture, warmth, to it. A
mnemonic? Yes, of course, not that it would help me. I have over 1,000
that I have collected over the years and I can remember all of those.
I also taught my 11-year-old daughter how remember long lists, and
write essays. It is no accident that she scored the highest on a
practice TAKS test last week, won the spelling bee, and is a straight
A student. Mnemonics is not to be dismissed so easily, IMO  dkw

On Feb 28, 5:05 pm, "dkw12...@yahoo.com" <dkw12...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Yes.
I try to resist, as I'm still working through the program at FLAA, and
my sponsor says I'm not ready to meme yet.

PD