The full process that I’ve been able to figure out for applying memorization to any kind of discipline forms the backbone of the System 7711. It’s not polished yet until I take a few groups of students through it like many of the other classes that I’ve developed and then taught. But here’s the initial flow of events that I’ve carved out. Comments and improvements are always welcome.
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System 7711
1 Strategize
1.1 Choose objective for the kinds of information to store. (data type)
1.2 Choose objective for how much information to store. (data scope)
1.3 Choose objective for length of preferred time of retrieval. (retention period)
1.4 Choose objective for speed in competition, flexibility for long-term memory, selection of references to use when speaking. maintenance, relearning, mastery. (encoding style)
1.5 Choose the amount of time you are going to dedicate. (scheduling)
2 Familiarize
2.1 Increase your natural memory ability by seeing the information often. (experiential advantage)
2.2 Understand the ways your information is organized. (context enrichment)
2.3 Think about the information often. (recall reinforcement)
3 Prepare
3.1 Outline or mind-map your information into similar types. (data schema creation)
3.2 Identify what information should be visualized. (data requirements)
3.3 Identify the needs for the result of the query. (query outcome)
3.4 Identify encoding and visualization systems for information. (process requirements)
3.5 Practice selected encoding and visualization systems. (mnemonic system basics)
4 Visualize
4.1 Write it out. (encourage narrative logic)
4.2 Visualize information with system as unique memory images. (data visualization)
4.3 Make the first memory image of a sequence the strongest. (trigger image)
4.4 Associate memory values in a story, pegs, adventure, or a marked path. (key-value association)
5 Retrieve
5.1 Visualize query as a memory image (query key encoding)
5.2 Recall the association of query memory image to its place in the story. (key-value traversal)
6 Improve
6.1 Add missing or redundant memory images. (patching)
6.2 Enhance memory images with more background and detail. (increased granularity)
6.3 Reinforce recall with a redundant second system. (double keying)
6.4 Gather related information and visualize it. (supplemental enhancement)
7 Structure
7.1 Create branches to a supplemental system for more storage. (aggregation creation)
7.2 Split up seven (plus or minus two) memory images and bind each group to their own memory image. (image chunking)
7.3 Group memory images into one memory image to reduce their complexity. (storage compression)
8 Review
8.1 Review periodically when information decays. (spaced repetition)
8.2 Review the first memory image of a sequence separately. (trigger key review)
8.3 Review aggregated systems independently. (hierarchy separation)
8.4 Review each memory image to retrieve all the dependent memory images. (system traversal down review)
8.5 Review each memory image to retrieve memory images that it depends on. (system traversal up review)