Survey! Question! Read!
Recite! Review!
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Before you read,
Survey
the chapter: |
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the title, headings, and subheadings
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captions under pictures, charts, graphs or
maps
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review questions or teacher-made study guides
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introductory and concluding paragraphs
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summary
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Question
while you are surveying: |
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Turn the title, headings, and/or
subheadings into questions;
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Read questions at the end of the chapters
or after each subheading;
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Ask yourself, "What did my instructor say
about this chapter or subject when it was assigned?"
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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;
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Answer questions at the beginning or
end of chapters or study guides
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Reread captions under pictures,
graphs, etc.
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Note all the underlined, italicized,
bold printed words or phrases
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Study graphic aids
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Reduce your speed for difficult
passages
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Stop and reread parts which are not
clear
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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
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Take notes from the text but write
the information in your own words
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Underline or highlight important
points you've just read
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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. |
Day One
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After you have read and
recited the entire chapter,
write questions in the margins for those
points you have highlighted or underlined.
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If you took notes while
reciting,
write questions for the notes you have taken
in the left hand margins of your notebook.
Day Two
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Page through the text and/or
your notebook to re-acquaint yourself with the
important points.
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Cover the right hand column of
your text/note-book and orally ask yourself
the questions in the left hand margins.
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Orally recite or write the
answers from memory.
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Make "flash cards" for those
questions which give you difficulty.
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Develop mnemonic devices for
material which need to be memorized.
Days Three, Four and Five
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. |
Adapted from: Robinson, Francis Pleasant, (1961,
1970) Effective study (4th ed.), Harper &
Row, New York, NY.
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