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Chunking

Chucking is where you break up large chunks, or blocks, of information into several smaller chunks. It's much easier for the human mind to remember smaller chunks of information than larger ones.

For example, which of the following numbers is easier to remember?

• 12251972
• 12-25-1972

One method of chunking is to break up long sentences or paragraphs into bulleted lists.

Which of these two paragraphs is easier to read?

• Traditionally writing starts with a foundation and gradually builds to the conclusion, in pyramid style. You start with the problem statement, then related work, methodology, results, and finally, the conclusions.
  
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• Traditionally writing starts with a foundation and gradually builds to the conclusion, in pyramid style:
  
  
  1. Problem statement
  2. Related work
  3. Methodology
  4. Results
  5. Conclusions

You get the idea?

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