Editing Memorization (section)

==Improving==
Although maintenance rehearsal (a method of learning through repetition, similar to rote learning) can be useful for memorizing information for a short period of time, studies have shown that elaborative rehearsal, which is a means of relating new material with old information in order to obtain a deeper understanding of the content, is a more efficient means of improving memory.<ref>Jahnke, J. C., & Nowaczyk, R. H. (1998). ''Cognition''. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.</ref> This can be explained by the levels-of-processing model of memory which states that the more in-depth [[Encoding (memory)|encoding]] a person undergoes while learning new material by associating it with memories already known to the person, the more likely they are to remember the information later.<ref>Craik, F. I. M. & Lockhart, R. S. (1972). "Levels of processing: A framework for memory research". ''Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior'', Vol. 11, No. 6, December 1972, Pages 671–684.</ref>

Another useful way to improve memorization is to use [[Chunking (psychology)|chunking]], a method in which a person categorizes the information they are trying to memorize into groups. For example, a person wishing to memorize a long sequence of numbers can break the sequence up into chunks of three, allowing them to remember more of the numbers. Similarly, this is how many in North America memorize telephone numbers, by breaking them up into the three sections: an area code, followed by a three-digit number and then a four-digit number. If a list of words is to be memorized, using chunking, the words could be broken up into groups based on their starting letter or based on their category (ex: Months of the year, types of food, etc.).<ref>{{cite book|last=Bernstein|first=Douglas|title=Essentials of Psychology|year=2010|publisher=Cengage Learning|edition=5th}}</ref>