Types of remembering / Levels of learning
April 11th, 2007
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There are different types of remembering, which depends on how well you know the information.
- Free-recall - The highest level of learning. When you recall the information immediately.
- Cue-Aided recall - When you can’t just remember the information, but need a hint, e.g. “The name starts with S.”
- Recognition - When you can’t state the information, but can recognize it from a list - e.g. multiple choice in a test.
- Relearning - When you have no recollection, but can relearn the information faster than the first time it was learned.
The reason mnemonics work so well is that they generally turn all free-recall tasks into cue-aided recall. This results in faster learning and more links to get to the information.
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