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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 and/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/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.
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Day One
After you have read and recited the entire chapter, write
questions for those points you have highlighted/underlined
in the margins. If your method of recitation included
note-taking in the left hand margins of your notebook,
write questions for the notes you have taken.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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