- Mood:
Set a positive
mood for yourself to study in.
Select the appropriate time, environment, and attitude
- Understand:
Mark any information
you don't understand in a particular
unit;
Keep a focus on one unit or a manageable group of exercises
- Recall:
After studying the unit,
stop and put what you have learned
into your own words
- Digest:
Go back to what you did not understand and
reconsider the information;
Contact external expert sources (e.g., other books or an instructor) if you
still cannot understand it
- Expand:
In this step, ask
three kinds of questions concerning the
studied material:
- If I could speak to the author, what questions would I ask or what
criticism would I offer?
- How could I apply this material to what I am interested in?
- How could I make this information interesting and understandable to
other students?
- Review:
Go over the material you've covered,
Review what strategies helped you understand and/or retain information in the
past and apply these to your current studies
Adapted from
Hayes, John R., The Complete Problem Solver, Lawrence
Erlbaum Publishers, Hillsdale, NJ: 1989. ISBN: 0805803092
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