Coaching practices for Words and Pictures Memory
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I read it all in words and almost nothing sticks
- These abstract terms have nothing to picture, so they slide right out of my head
- The mental pictures I make to remember things come out flat and gray
- I figured more is better, so I cram in every word and every image at once and narrate the picture line by line
- The words I most need to learn are the abstract, slippery ones
Practices that may help
- Pair each idea with a meaningful visual
Attach a diagram, sketch, or image that carries the idea — not one that just decorates it.
Dual Coding: Learn With Words and Pictures Together - Give abstract ideas a concrete image
Invent a vivid mental picture for ideas that have no natural visual.
Dual Coding: Learn With Words and Pictures Together - Amplify images with sensory detail and emotion
Add sound, smell, movement, and emotion to your mental image to make it stick.
Peg System Mnemonics, Made Practical - Dual Coding: Learn With Words and Pictures Together
Dual coding, a theory developed by Allan Paivio, holds that the mind processes verbal and visual information through two partly separate channels, so combining words with relevant images gives a memory two routes instead of one. Controlled studies support that well-designed word-plus-picture material is learned better than words alone — provided the visuals carry meaning rather than decorate. - Cut redundant words when the visual already says it
Do not narrate a self-explanatory diagram word for word — it overloads, not reinforces.
Dual Coding: Learn With Words and Pictures Together - Translate abstract words with the substitute-word system
Replace an unmemorable word with a vivid concrete sound-alike that can be imaged.
Peg System Mnemonics, Made Practical - Put words and pictures together, not apart
Place labels on the diagram, not in a caption your eyes have to hunt for.
Dual Coding: Learn With Words and Pictures Together - Use colors and images to encode categories and relationships
Assign distinct colors to different first-level branches and use simple images at key nodes to activate visual memory.
Mind Mapping: Visual Thinking for Learning and Creativity - Consolidate peg images with spaced review
Test your peg links at expanding intervals before they fade, not after.
Peg System Mnemonics, Made Practical - Map relationships, not just items
Use concept maps to encode how ideas connect, giving structure a spatial form.
Dual Coding: Learn With Words and Pictures Together
Related concerns
- Visual Memory For Vocabulary
Invent a vivid mental picture for ideas that have no natural visual.
Give abstract ideas a concrete image
- How To Use Visuals For Teaching
Split visual and auditory working memory resources to process more information than either channel alone can handle.
Use spoken audio for explanations paired with visual diagrams
- Learning With Visuals
Split visual and auditory working memory resources to process more information than either channel alone can handle.
- Dual Coding Learn With Words And Pictures Together After A Loss
Dual coding, a theory developed by Allan Paivio, holds that the mind processes verbal and visual information through two partly separate channels, so combining words with relevant images gives a memory two routes instead of one. Controlled studies support that well-designed word-plus-picture material is learned better than words alone — provided the visuals carry meaning rather than decorate.
- Dual Coding Learn With Words And Pictures Together At Work
Dual coding, a theory developed by Allan Paivio, holds that the mind processes verbal and visual information through two partly separate channels, so combining words with relevant images gives a memory two routes instead of one. Controlled studies support that well-designed word-plus-picture material is learned better than words alone — provided the visuals carry meaning rather than decorate.
- Dual Coding Learn With Words And Pictures Together Before Bed
Dual coding, a theory developed by Allan Paivio, holds that the mind processes verbal and visual information through two partly separate channels, so combining words with relevant images gives a memory two routes instead of one. Controlled studies support that well-designed word-plus-picture material is learned better than words alone — provided the visuals carry meaning rather than decorate.
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