<i>&gt;Some students need a clear, verbatim explanation of something. Others need to dance around the concept first, getting a feel for it, before they able to even parse such an explanation.</i><p>Different experiences. Memories thrive when connected with other memories and most everyone will have different memories. So it stands to reason different ways of providing the same information will have different results based on each individual&#x27;s lived experiences.<p>If I can relate an unknown X to a known Y - or even an unknown X to an unknown Y - I always learn better than if I learned about an unknown X that I&#x27;m not able to relate with.<p>Mnemonics play a large role in things - unfortunately I can&#x27;t find any studies offhand to that prove mnemonics actually help.