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In order to test my hypothesis, I had a few of my friends come over to help me out. I split them into two groups; one experimental and one control. The control group was instructed to remember the list of 20 cities in California without using mnemonics. I was with them to make sure that they didn't. The experimental group was instructed to remember the same list while using word mnemonic. Word mnemonic is when you use the first letter of each word to come up with a sentence that will help you remember. They each had ten minutes to remember the list. After a waiting period of about a little over an hour, I tested each of them and these were the results:

We can clearly see that using mnemonics does help people remember things better. I had them separate into the same groups, and use different mnemonics. This time they had to remember a list of 15 countries in Africa. Group 1 used song, and Group 2 used word. Song mnemonic is when you create a song to help you remember the list. Here is a list of some examples of mnemonics: Now, for which mnemonic out of word or song seems to be more effective, here are my results: Then, the next day I asked them again what they remembered from the list of the countries in Africa. Natalia remembered 15/15, Lilly the same, Mia remembered 12/15, and Bella only remembered 2/15 because she did not remember her mnemonic. Since Bella was not there to work with Mia, I can understand that she may have not clearly understood what she had to do, so based off the other three, we can see that song mnemonic was more effective.Since there are still many more mnemonics, I will do further investigation on this and hope to find which one is most effective.
 * Volunteer || Experimental or Control || How Many Cities Did They Remember ||
 * Mia || Control || 7/20 without mnemonics ||
 * Lilly || Experimental || 16/20 with mnemonics ||
 * Bella || Control || 5/20 without mnemonics ||
 * Natalia || Experimental || 15/20 with mnemonics ||
 * http://www.learningassistance.com/2006/january/mnemonics.html
 * Group and Mnemonic || How Many Countries Were Remembered ||
 * Group 1: Natalia, song mnemonic || remembered 13/15 using song mnemonic ||
 * Group 2: Bella, word mnemonic || remembered 11/15, using word mnemonic ||
 * Group 1: Lilly, song mnemonic || remembered 13/15, using song mnemonic ||
 * Group 2: Mia, word mnemonic || remembered 14/15, using word mnemonic ||