The Impact of Mnemonic Devices on Attainment and Recall in Basic Knowledge Acquisition in Nursing Education

Köksal, Onur; Sünbül, Ali Murat; Öztürk, Yunus Emre; Özata, Musa

doi:10.13054/mije.13.42.3.4

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“…15 Although the benefits of mnemonics use have been documented in many research articles, it must be considered that mnemonics do not address all levels of Bloom's taxonomy and cannot cover all courses' objectives. [5][6][7] Therefore, these memory tools should not be considered as the only study aid needed for learning anatomy. However, we believe that mnemonics could allow students to establish a baseknowledge that could be developed and built upon.…”

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“…6 In nursing education, a previous study has shown the effectiveness of mnemonics in facilitating the memorisation of an "Introduction to Nursing" course. 7 Koksal et al used mnemonics to help students remember basic knowledge about the healthcare system. 7 Results have shown that nursing students who studied with mnemonics performed better in a retention test than the control group who did not employ the aforementioned technique.…”

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“…7 Koksal et al used mnemonics to help students remember basic knowledge about the healthcare system. 7 Results have shown that nursing students who studied with mnemonics performed better in a retention test than the control group who did not employ the aforementioned technique. Through mnemonics, associations are created between new, unknown information and old information that have already been mastered.…”

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The Carpal and Tarsal Bones of the Human Body: Arabic mnemonics

Joseph

Natarajan

2020

Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J

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Memorising human anatomy structures remains a challenge for nursing students. Educators endeavour to make human anatomy interesting and easy to memorise. Various instructional approaches can be used to help students enhance their memory. Mnemonics, for example, are well-established educational strategies that have proven useful in the encoding, retention and retrieval of anatomical terms. The carpal and tarsal bones are some of the anatomical structures that prove challenging to nursing students’ study of anatomy. Although available online to students, most of the accessible mnemonics are in English and non-native English-speaking students (students who are native Arabic-speakers) might find them difficult to understand. Therefore, we have created two simple Arabic mnemonics that can simplify the memorisation of the carpal and tarsal bones. We believe that Arabic mnemonics effectively enhance memorisation by linking the new learning material to familiar information.Keywords: Learning; Memory; Anatomy; Nursing; Carpal bones; Tarsal Bones; Oman.

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The Carpal and Tarsal Bones of the Human Body: Arabic mnemonics

Joseph

Natarajan

2020

Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J

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“…In recent years, a substantial amount of research on the efficiency of mnemonic devices in facilitating language retention has been carried out worldwide. Iran (Dobakhti et al, 2020), Teheran (Fasih et al, 2018b), and Turkey (Koksal et al, 2013) are examples of some of these countries. It is generally known that having a large vocabulary is one of the most important aspects of communicating effectively in a foreign language.…”

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Mnemonics and Their Effect on Students’ Vocabulary Memorization and Recall: A Quantitative Study

Kurniarahman

2023

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Having a Quasi Experimental Research design, this study aimed to reveal the fact whether Mnemonic Keyword is more effective in helping students to memorize and store vocabulary in the short and long term compared to Mnemonic Loci. Twenty-nine students of class IXB (Experimental group) and 31 students of class IXA (Control group) were involved in this study. The Experiment Group was required to memorize vocabulary by using Mnemonic Keyword while the Control group was required to use Mnemonic Loci in memorizing English vocabulary. Right after the last treatment session, the participants were given a post-test to find out the ability of the participants in both groups regarding their ability to store and recall vocabulary in short-term memory. The results revealed that the Experimental group and the Control group had the same performance. Exactly one week after the first post-test, the researcher conducted a second post-test which aimed to find out the ability of the participants in both groups regarding their ability to store and recall vocabulary in long-term memory. The results revealed the fact that the Experimental group had better performance than the Control group in terms of vocabulary retention and recall in long-term memory. This research also revealed the fact that Mnemonic Keyword was more interesting and unique for students during the vocabulary memorization process so that it made them more enthusiastic in memorizing English vocabulary.

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“…5 Mnemonic devices have some evidence of efficacy in medical and nursing education; specifically, they have been shown to connect recent with existing knowledge, facilitate and expedite the construction of meaning by creating multiple links between the information, and distribute functional brain organization to enable superior memory performance. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] Utilizing a mnemonic may provide students with a superior ability to recall and apply their osteopathic knowledge to any case, even challenging or unfamiliar ones. 14 To meet the challenges students face utilizing OMT in their clinical training, we present "The ABCs of Osteopathic Medicine."…”

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