The numbers

In addition to the classic study and learning techniques, there are a series of support techniques that seek to effectively complement some of our study methods. For this, they are shown as simple resources, which can be integrated to almost any content that we have to study, some of them help to order, structure, or remember more easily.

The support technique that we will study next is the use of numbers as a method to order and remember ideas. We will go into the use of this technique, giving you some recommendations so that you can develop it more effectively during your study sessions.

The use of numbers to structure ideas and concepts

The technique of using numbers in studies has multiple applications, the first one is based on its usefulness to order and structure ideas. Numbers are commonly used to establish a logical order, either of events or of elements to be developed. When we seek to reflect a coherent order of ideas, we can arrange them to convey the message in a structured way, so that our receiver can process the information more easily.

Following this idea, we can process complex concepts by separating and listing the ideas, this allows us to perform an analysis by parts, unraveling the contents independently, being easier the subsequent processing of the information by our brain.

The use of numbers to memorize

Another of the great applications that numbers have in the study is to facilitate the memorization process. When we list the elements that we have to memorize, it is easier to remember if we forget any of them. It is much more effective if we associate the number with the level of importance of the idea, since this will allow us to relate more easily the idea with the number we have assigned to it.

To exemplify the above, suppose we try to memorize a biography of a personality that we must describe in class, let's say he is a famous writer, for this we have divided the main ideas that we seek to develop and we have assigned numbers with a certain order of hierarchy, where for example:

• Is the date and place of birth and death.

• Family

• Three main works

• Awards

• Problems

Using this simple structure we have a very summarized information that will allow us to structure the ideas more easily. We already know that there are 5 elements that we must address, where for us the most important thing is to start with his personal and family data, then go into his main works, which are three and we have intentionally made this element coincide with the number three to make it easier to associate, and then continue with the awards and problems that his literary career had.

If you have to memorize a concept you can break it down into as many elements as possible and then assign numbers that allude to those elements.

For example, le