Ken, I have had the same experience with my students with certain things they must memorize for success not only in the course but also in their careers. I use loci learning where I will have them break into groups and if we are learning a list of six applications I put them into six groups. I bring a bag full of colorful markers and sticky backed poster paper. I have each group take one of the items and draw a cartoon, stick figures, anything that will help us remember the item. For example, the last one we worked on had Document as the first step. Group one drew a cartoon of Doc from the Seven Dwarfs added a plus sign drew a big U plus sign and a picture of a mint. Thus DOC + U = Mint. Then they put it up on the wall. Each group did theirs and put them up. Once done I went through and we said out loud what each step was. I left the posters up for two weeks and each time we had class we quickly went through them. At the end of the two weeks, I took the posters down and now all I have to do is point to the blank space on the wall for number 1, students call it out, then two, etc.. This way the students learn the essential information and have some fun with it as well. At the end of the session my students are able to score nearly 100% because we have used visualization, location and repetition to get them to remember key and essential concepts. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.