After receiving an MA from Southeast Missouri State University with an emphasis in English, Willy Wood pursued postgraduate work at The Bread Loaf School of English in Vermont and PhD studies at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Currently based in Columbia, MO, Willy Wood serves as president for Open Mind Technologies. In his role, he presents workshops and trainings on topics like how the human brain most effectively takes in and retains information.
The three main stages of learning are encoding, consolidation in the hippocampus, and retrieval. Some students have difficulty recalling material that has been stored in the brain, which can create test anxiety, stress that causes a slip-up in the brain’s retrieval process. Creating a mnemonic associated with something students need to remember can help them break through that recall gap. Mnemonics include rhymes, acronyms, and keywords associated with the learned material. By using mnemonics, students can clear their neurological pathways and bring information out of their long-term memory.
The three main stages of learning are encoding, consolidation in the hippocampus, and retrieval. Some students have difficulty recalling material that has been stored in the brain, which can create test anxiety, stress that causes a slip-up in the brain’s retrieval process. Creating a mnemonic associated with something students need to remember can help them break through that recall gap. Mnemonics include rhymes, acronyms, and keywords associated with the learned material. By using mnemonics, students can clear their neurological pathways and bring information out of their long-term memory.