Memory Strategies Checklist
See which memory strategies you already use – and which ones to build next.
Module 1
About this checklist
What the checklist measures and how it is scored.
About this checklist
The Memory Strategies Checklist helps you find out which memory strategies you currently use, and how often you use them. Each of the 40 items describes a practical way of supporting memory in everyday life.
You can complete it before and after a memory intervention – such as MEMORehab – to help track how your strategy use changes over time.
| Score | How often you used the strategy |
|---|---|
| 0 | Never in the past month |
| 1 | A few times in the past month |
| 2 | A few times per week |
| 3 | Almost every day |
| 4 | At least once a day |
Module 2
How to use it
How to rate each item honestly and what to do with your answers.
How to use it
This checklist helps identify which memory strategies you currently use and how frequently. Rate how often you have used each strategy over the past month.
Module 3
The checklist
The full 40-item checklist as a printable worksheet.
The checklist
How often have you used each of these strategies to help you remember? Rate each one from 0 (never in the past month) to 4 (at least once a day).
Memory Strategies Checklist
Rate how often you used each strategy in the past month: 0 = Never · 1 = A few times this month · 2 = A few times a week · 3 = Almost every day · 4 = At least once a day.
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Asked someone else to remind me or to remember for me
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Asked others to email or text me a reminder
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Made an entry on a paper calendar or diary
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Checked my paper calendar or diary
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Made an entry in my phone calendar or reminder app
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Received/heard a reminder from my phone
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Took a photograph to help me remember something
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Put an object in a place to serve as a reminder
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Made a list on paper
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Made a list in my phone
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Wrote myself a paper note or post-it note
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Wrote a note in my phone
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Set an alarm or timer
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Wrote a reminder on my hand
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Made an association with a person’s name when I learned it for the first time
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Tried to learn more about a new person’s name so that I could remember it better
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Made mental associations between places and items to be remembered
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Repeated new or recently learned information in my head
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Created images in my head to remember a number/list of things
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Created stories in my head to remember a number/list of things
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Mentally grouped things together that were similar
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Used self-talk to help remember something
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Associated one task with another part of my daily routine
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Took notes when receiving instructions
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Practiced recalling new information after short and longer intervals
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Sent myself an email
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Marked an email as unread or flagged it until completed
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Used the voice recorder on my phone
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Used a paper filing system
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Used an electronic filing system
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Relied on computer software to remind me
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Used a GPS device/app to find a route
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Referred to notes or a manual to complete a task
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Asked another person for help on a current task
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Asked someone else for information I couldn't remember
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
To recall someone's name I thought of other people’s names from the same context
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Performed an alphabet search to remember a word or name
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
In order to remember, I tried to think of the context in which I learned or did something initially
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Made an entry in a diary or journal
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day
Looked at old photographs as reminders
0 1 2 3 4
NeverEvery day