SQ3R

SQ3R

SQ3R=Survey-Question-Read-Recite-Review

Question

As you survey the text,ask a question for each section. Ask what,why,how,when,who and where questions as they relate to the content. Here's how you can create questions:

• Turn the title,headings or subheadings into questions.
• Rewrite the questions at the end of the chapter or after each subheadings in your own words.

Write down your questions. Questions help you pay attention,understand the text better and recall the information more easily later on.

Read

Read one section pf the chapter at a time,actively looking for an answer to your question for that section. Pay attention to bold and italicized text that authors use to make important points.

Be sure to review everything in the section, including tables,graphs and illustrations----these features can communicate an idea more powerfully than written text.

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SQ3R

SQ3R

SQ3R: A Great Reading and Studying Technique

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Improve Your Study Skills

SQ3R stands for:

Survey

Question

Read

Recite

Review 

It is a proven technique to sharpen your study skills. In college, you'll be required to do lots of reading. You'll often have to complete reading assignments in several different books for several different courses at the same time.

SQ3R helps make reading and studying purposeful and effective, so that you use your time most efficiently. Here's how this strategy works.

Survey 

Let's say your assignment is one to read one chapter. First,get an idea of what the chapter is about by reviewing the highlights: 

• Read the title,headings and subheading.
• Look at the charts,graphs,pictures,maps and other visual material.
• Read captions.
• Read the every beginnings and the end of the chapter.

How to take on college studying

How to take on college studying 

Do the reading:

You need to do more than just read the chapters you are assigned—you’re expected to understand them thoroughly. Here are some tips:

  Don’t skim. Read all material carefully.

  Break up difficult assignments into sections you can digest—chapters, subsections or even paragraphs.

  Look up any words that you don’t understand.

Pause to think about whether you understand  the material; ask questions in class about anything that is unclear.

  Take notes instead of highlighting—this makes you think through and rephrase the key points.

Where you should study depends on two factors: the environment in which you are best able to concentrate and the type of work you are planning to do. 

  The best places to study have a good light, a comfortable temperature and enough desk space—usually your dorm room, your apartment or the library.

  For completing problem sets or brainstorming possible test questions, you may want to study with a group or at least in a setting where fellow students are available for discussion.

  When you are reading a book chapters or working on a research paper, you are probably better off in a less social environment.

Improve Your Study Skills: here are simple steps you rephrase the key points.

Create a summary sheet of what you learned from each assignmet you read.

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