Is the memory has a useful role to get a diploma or a contest? Yes, but ... When a student, whatever his age, looking for techniques to develop memory, it is often to ask a working method.
The memory is not without method. It is not simply to memorize when studying for a contest or a diploma. It is to be organized, efficient, find time to work ... and learn. Learning, is it the same as store? Yes not. Yes, because we must learn to memorize information. But learning as a means behavioral modification. So it is more successful than just memorization.
Learning takes time. Repetition. Method.
We must learn to set a goal to motivate, organize, study, memorize, review, manage stress, be prepared when J. It is a set; you need to know a methodology to apply as soon ... In any case, before the exam!
One recurring problem is motivation. What is known about the motivation? How to educate? You should know that there are two main forms of motivation: intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation. In the first case, you are motivated by passion. You ask nothing in return, you act for pleasure. In either case, you are motivated by the carrot; the reward can be at the end: the diploma etc ...
Ideally, it would cause the intrinsic motivation for all of your materials. There are two ways of acting. You can start a personal challenge, for example try to beat your score in mathematics "for fun", for personal challenge. But you can also find meaning in what you do. Often, for certain materials, we have difficulties to find meaning "what for?", "Why do I solve this problem?".
In the case of mathematics, for example, you might realize that solving an equation, a problem causes you to become more intelligent. Performance. Stronger. For it is by training you become someone different, you achieve your goals...