Mnemonics have helped me get through college and I'm relaying the information I learned on to my students. When learning all the nerves in the head, there's just to many to remember without a mnemonic so I have the students see what they can come up with.
Hi Kate,
I use mnemonics a lot in my classes with great results plus my students really have fun learning them. Glad you like using them as well.
Gary
Mnemonics are a great way to help students retain information. This is a great example!
Hi Jennifer,
This is great. Thanks for sharing it with us. I am sure the content retention with your students is very high as a result of this fun and catchy way of learning field specific terminology.
Gary
We use a mnemonic in culinary school to help our students remember the 5 mother sauces - BETH V. The sauces are bechamel, espagnole, tomato, hollandaise and veloute. To be honest, it helps me remember them, too!
I teach a Food Safety and Sanitation Class. Several of lessons in the class including learning about "micro-organism" and how to prevent their issues. It could be hard, because of the words you can't hardly pronounce. I have come up with hints to help them associate. Here are a few:
Hepatitis A (Hep A) "I need help, because I’m weak"
Noro-Virus- Found on Cruise ships. Cruise ships sail in Dirty Water
Bacillus Cereus- Cereus= Cereal. Affects rice and corn dishes
Staph- You get Staph from your Staff
Anything I can do to help them. It gets pretty wild but it works!
Hi Sue,
Me to. They are one of my most effective learning devices plus, I think they are fun to create and they let me retain large amounts of material as a result.
Gary
I love mnemonics. For myself I feel like this method has taught me a lot and I have retained these mnemonics over the years. It's worked great and I love teaching these to my students.
Hi Kathleen,
Thanks for sharing this mnemonic with us. I am going to use in teaching my kids how to set the table.
Gary
