Another great memory tool we are going to learn about is called visualization. Visualization is the act of picturing something in your mind. Creating mental pictures with vizualization can allow you to better understand content from a wide variety of subjects.
When you were in elementary school, do you remember ever making a model or a poster of the solar system? That project aimed to have you visualize a very large concept by creating a picture or model of it. If so, you likely still remember those concepts from long ago.
This technique also works very well for understanding literature, in terms of scenes, characters, and relationships. For the sciences, you can draw mental or tangible images of many different things, including cell structures, a diagram of the Earth's many layers, or even to remember chemical compounds. The possibilities are endless.
Visualization Practice Assignment:
1.Below, read through the following passage entitled The Beach. Try to visualize the scene in your mind. Then take a few moments to draw out the scene.
The BeachThere are only two people on the beach today. It's raining and dark out here. There are a lot of shells on the sand due to the storm. The sand castle we built yesterday is almost gone from all the rain, but I plan to build another one tomorrow. Yu should see the ocean. The waves are really high. I think I better go home.
2. From your picture, list out the details you drew. You will probably notice that you can recall many details from looking at or even just remembering what the picture you drew looked like. You can check your accuracy by rereading over the passages.
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