Hi
I was replying to the question, not posting it. But your answer is good
nonetheless, and yes, I can recommend Buzan's books, too. They're great. 
Best regards
Christian J
Joseph Allin wrote:
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> Hello Christian
> If you can relate the new material to previous material it will be
> easier to remember. In orther words make the new material meaningful in
> terms of concepts being developed. Another way to make new material
> meaningful is to use a graphical wheel with new concepts attached to the
> main idea. Tony Buzan has written several books with this graphing
> technique explained. It has been found that material organized into
> meaningful bites are much easier to remember than mere rote. You may be
> aware this idea, but it may be helpful to others. Cheers Alan
>;
> Christian Jonassen < flyrev%40gmail.com">flyrev
gmail.com <mailto:flyrev%40gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hi
> Sending the whole thing again, just to make sure.
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>; Hi
>
> dreams8649 wrote:
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>; >
>; > Hi people,
> >
>; > When I read I comprehend much of the material. However I tend to
> > forget a lot of the material even when I switch paragraphs. This
>; > doesn't always happen but it does enough to make me want to do
> > something about it. Rather than have to go over material 2-5 times
> > I'd like to keep it all in mind with 1-2 sittings.
> >
>; > My idea is to read regularly and every 2-5 minutes ask myself "what
> > did I just read" and spend anywhere from 30-60 seconds letting my
> > mind work on retrieving the material that was read.
> Try to increase that interval. Try multiples of twenty, or maybe
> forty-five. Let us now how it goes. Also, when reading, just read. Your
>; whole job is to focus on reading, don't start worrying about "will I
> remember this or that?"; and so on while reading.
> >
>; > I've gotten through 3 years of a difficult college with a GPA over
>; > 3.0. But what I described previously in this message has always been
>; > a cognitive limitation of mine and makes me work harder than I should
> > have to.
> >
>; > Any other ideas? Freenoting and windtunnel do not work.
> Try the mentioned increase of your intervals, also try freenoting and/or
> windtunneling before reading, and maybe one day after having read the
> material.
> >
>; > I was also thinking of using my memory as much as possible. To me
> > this problem indicates a memory problem more so than conceptual.
> >
>; > All helpful responses are encouraged.
> >
>; > Cheers,
> >
>; > Adam
>; >
>; >
>;
> Best regards
> Christian J
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