MEMORIZATION

TECHNIQUES ON
RETENTION

INTRODUCTION
The human mind was a complex element of our cognitive
abilities, and memories can be either verbal or non-verbal
(Frost,2015)
Memory was the retention of information over a period of
time.

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

There are 500,000 children in primary school that are
suffering and affected by poor memory. (Lipsett 2008)
According to Susan Gathercole (2011), approximately
10% of primary students have poor working memory, thus
prohibited them from finishing tasks inside the classroom.

THEORY
In Fleming's model, sometimes referred to VARK learning styles, learners were
identified by whether they have a preference for visual learning (pictures,
movies, diagrams), auditory learning (music, discussion, lectures), reading and
writing (making lists, reading textbooks, taking notes), or kinesthetic learning
(movement, experiments, hands-on activities).
In relation to Flemings study, a theory of Howard Gardners multiple
intelligences wherein Gardner discuss that an individual have different kinds of
minds and therefore learn,remember, perform, and understand in different ways.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

& HYPOTHESIS
This study aimed to answer the question: Does
memorization technique significantly affect retention?
The null hypothesis tested in this study state that
memorization techniques do not significantly affect
retention.

DEFINITION OF TERMS
Retention- The score of the participants will get after conducting three
memory techniques. There will be 20 words that the participants will
memorize.
Mnemonics- The memorization technique given to group one. For the
mnemonic technique, the participants will be taught a word using the
initial of every word.
Writing- The memorization technique given to group two. The
participants will be asked to write down the word that the researchers
give them.
Pictures- The pictures that was presented to group three. The researches
will flash every picture for seven seconds each.

METHOD OF RESEARCH
In the conducted study the researchers used experimental
method in order to find out the effects of different teaching
techniques on the recall of students.
Experimental method is the procedure used in which
studies the cause and effect relationship between variables.

PARTICIPANTS AND LOCALE

This experiment was conducted at St. Francis Xavier
Catholic School, located at Champaca St. Maligaya park
Subdivision Novaliches Quezon City.
There were sixty (60) participants in the conducted
experiment who were all grade three students of St. Francis
Xavier Catholic School.

DATA GATHERING &

PROCEDURE
Sixty grade three students gathered randomly and were
divided into three experimental groups.
The researchers used twenty different words and used the
three different memorization technique.

RESULT
With the score of 193, the writing method is considered as
the effective method on teaching students to memorize
words.

CONCLUSIONS
Picture method group is less effective in retention than
mnemonics method group and writing method group.

RECOMMENDATION

The researchers recommend to students, professors and

even parents that writing technique is the best way to
memorize particular words to remember a specific
information.