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Before you read, Survey
the chapter:
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- the title, headings, and
subheadings
- captions under pictures,
charts, graphs or maps
- review questions or
teacher-made study guides
- introductory and concluding
paragraphs
- summary
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Question
while you are surveying:
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- Turn the title, headings,
and/or subheadings into questions;
- Read questions at the end of
the chapters or after each subheading;
- Ask yourself, "What did
my instructor say about this chapter or subject when it was
assigned?"
- Ask yourself, "What do I
already know about this subject?"
Note: If it is helpful to you, write out
these questions for consideration. This variation is called SQW3R
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When you begin to
Read:
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- Look for answers to the
questions you first raised;
- Answer questions at the
beginning or end of chapters or study guides
- Reread captions under
pictures, graphs, etc.
- Note all the underlined,
italicized, bold printed words or phrases
- Study graphic aids
- Reduce your speed for
difficult passages
- Stop and reread parts which
are not clear
- Read only a section at a time
and recite after each section
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Recite
after you've read a section:
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- Orally ask yourself questions
about what you have just read
or summarize, in your own words, what you read
- Take notes from the text but
write the information in your own words
- Underline or highlight
important points you've just read
- Use the method of recitation
which best suits your particular learning style but remember, the more
senses you use the more likely you are to remember what you read - i.e.,
TRIPLE STRENGTH LEARNING: Seeing, saying, hearing-
QUADRUPLE STRENGTH LEARNING: Seeing , saying ,
hearing, writing!!!
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Review:
an ongoing process.
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Day One
- After you have read and
recited the entire chapter,
write questions in the margins for those points you have
highlighted or underlined.
- If you took notes while
reciting,
write questions for the notes you have taken in the left hand margins of
your notebook.
Day Two
- Page through the text and/or
your notebook to re-acquaint yourself with the important points.
- Cover the right hand column
of your text/note-book and orally ask yourself the questions in the left
hand margins.
- Orally recite or write the
answers from memory.
- Make "flash cards"
for those questions which give you difficulty.
- Develop mnemonic devices for
material which need to be memorized.
Days Three, Four and
Five
- Alternate between your flash
cards and notes and test yourself (orally or in writing) on the
questions you formulated.
- Make additional flash cards
if necessary.
Weekend
Using the text and
notebook, make a Table of Contents - list all the topics and sub-topics you
need to know from the chapter.
From the Table of Contents, make a Study Sheet/ Spatial Map.
Recite the information orally and in your own words as you put the Study
Sheet/Map together.
Now that you have
consolidated all the information you need for that chapter, periodically
review the Sheet/Map so that at test time you will not have to cram.
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