dan's science study guide(s)

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SQ3Rreading methodSurvey! Question! Read! Recite! Review!

Before you read, Survey the chapter : the title, headings, and subheadings captions under pictures, charts, graphs or maps review questions or teacher-made study guides introductory and concluding paragraphs summary

Questionwhileyou are surveying : Turn the title, headings, and/or subheadings into

questions

Read questions at the end of the chapters or aftereach 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?"

Begin to Read: Look for answers to the questions you 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 words Reduce your speed for difficult passages Stop and reread parts which are not clear Read only 1 section at a time and recite after

each section

Reciteafter you've read a section : 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 inyour own words

Underline or highlight important points you've justread

Reciting:The more senses you use the more likely you are

to remember!

Quadruple strength learning: Seeing , saying ,

hearing, writing!!!

Review: an ongoing processDay One

After you have read and recited the entire chapter,write questions in the margins for points you

highlighted or underlined.

If you took notes while reciting, writequestions for the notes you have taken in the left

hand margins of your notebook.

Complete the form for acritical reading reviewDay Two+

Page through the text and/or your notebook to re-acquaint yourself with the important points.

Cover the right hand column of your /note-bookand orally ask yourself the questions in the left

hand margins.

Orally recite or write the answers from memory. Develop mnemonic devices for material which

need to be memorized.

Make flash cards for those questions which give

you difficulty.

Test yourself on the questions you formulated. (Using

your notes/flash cards)

Weekend

Using the text and notebook, make a Table ofContents - list all the topics and sub-topics you

need to know from the chapter.

Recite the information orally and in your ownwords as you put the Study Sheet/Map together.

Visual Learning Tips:Always have the "big picture" before you especially

when studying its parts or details

When trying to remember things, close your eyes to

get a picture of the information to facilitate recall or

use flash cards with limited information so that you can

picture details and concepts

Usemind or concept mapsto organize , visualize

ideas, connections, sequences, and conclusions
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Taking notesUnderline or highlight:

main subjects examples of these main ideas (that il lustrate) unfamiliar vocabulary and/or definitionsJot down paraphrases, questions, and summaries

First: read a section of your textbook chapter

Read just enough to keep an understanding of the

material. Do not take notes, focus on understanding the

material.

Do NOT take notes as you are reading the first time ,:

you are likely to take down too much information and

simply copy without understanding

Second: Review the material

Locate the main ideas, as well as important sub-

points

Paraphrasethis information: Putting the textbookinformation in your own words forces you to

become actively involved with the material

Third: write the paraphrased ideas as your notes

Do not copy directly from the textbook Add only enough detail to understand

Review, and compare your notes with the text, and

ask yourself if you truly understand

Reading materialReading difficult material can be a matter

of concentration or of simply organizing the challenge

into steps:

Choose a moderate amount of material or a chapter to

begin

Get a grasp of how the material is organized:Scan the section for titles, headings, sub-

headings, and topic sentences to get its general

idea; pay attention to graphs, charts, and diagrams

Read the SUMMARY and Introductory, closingparagraphs

Check the beginning and the end for leadingquestions and exercises

Mark what you do not understand to review laterAs you read, practice the look-away method:

Periodically look away from thetext and ask yourself a

stimulus question relating to the text

Phrase the question positively! Respond, or restate, in your own words

Make connections and associations,

but don't use this exercise to memorize--but

rather understand

Look up wordsLook up words whose meanings are important to

your understanding of the material, but you cannot

discern from the context.

Read to the endDo not get discouraged and stop reading.

Ideas can become clearer the more you read.

When you finish reading, review to see what you

have learned, and reread those ideas that are not

clear.

Organize your notes by connecting ideasyou choose into an outline orconcept map.

Pay attention to relationships between ideas.

Do not confine yourself to words!

Use representations, graphics, pictures, colors, evenmovement to visualize and connect ideas. Use whatever

techniques work to help you understand

At this point, if you do not understand your

reading, do not panic!

Set it aside, and read it again the next day.

If necessary, repeat. This allows your brain to process

the material, even while you sleep. This is referred to

as distributed reading.

Re-read the section you have chosen with theframework (outline or concept map) you have

constructed in mind

Separate out what you do understand from what

you do not.
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Reading assignments:Get a perspective:

Review the assignment in the syllabus (In caseyou don't need to read parts of it).

Survey the chapter (5-10 minutes)for how the content is organized; get the "big

picture"

This is not to fully understand, rather develop

preliminary associations of bits of information

that later will help you understand

Quickly page through the introduction,

the summary, vocabulary list, self-test

questions, headings, boldfaced material, major

graphics, etc.

Notice themajor concepts, definitions,

descriptions, causes, effects and arguments.

Take no notes, and mark no text in this phaseReview of first reading

Return to what you do not understand, or want to

reinforce

This is not for memorization, but understanding

Mark or highlight what you think is important

In the margin, use or develop a system;

"D" for a definition, "F" for a descriptive fact,

"C" for a cause-and-effect statement, "A" for a scientific

argument

"?" for what you do not understand

"*" - Example.

New vocabulary- Write new vocabulary andconcepts down along with a short meanings

Create your own visual pictures or images, orconcept maps

Create sensory cues as heat, movements. Read a passage aloud to yourself with normal

conversational intonation. Your translation of

printed text into spoken words may activate

meanings.

If you can't read aloud, imagine reading

aloudand hearingyour own voice

Work out your own explanations of hard-to-understand passages

Go in short units (a few words at a

time), translate their meaning, think

of associations, relate them to other parts of the

passage, make inferences.

Mark passages with a question mark that you stilldo not understand [?]

2d reading

Only read material again to understand it.

Review your notes for what you :

Need to review before any test Must memorize Need to complete exercises or solve problems

Create study checklists

Identify all of the material that you will be tested on--

list notes, formulas, ideas, and text assignments.

This checklist will enable you to break your studying

into organized, manageable chunks, which should

allow for a comprehensive review plan with minimal

anxiety

Create summary notes and "maps"

Briefly Mind Map the important ideas of the course

and the relationships of these ideas. Summary notes

should display lists and hierarchies of ideas.

Creativity and a visual framework will help you

recall these ideas.

Flashcards

for definitions, formulas, lists you need to memorize-put

topics /answers.

Flashcards will enable you to test your ability to not

only recognize important information, but also

your ability to retrieve information from scratch


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Crammingpreparation Preview material to be covered Be selective: skim chapters for main points Concentrate on the main points

Begin with 5 sheets of paper:

1. Identify 5 key concepts or topics that will becovered on the test

Enter one at the top of each page. Use only key

words or short phrases

2. In your own words, write an explanation,definition, answer, etc of several lines or so for

the key concept

Do NOT use the text or your notes

3. Compare your response of (2) with the coursesource information (text and lecture notes)

4. Edit or re-write your understanding of each topic5. Sequence and number each page of your topics

1 - 5 in order of importance; 1 = most important

6. Follow the above process for 2 additionalconcepts

7. Place them in the 1 - 5 sequence and changenumbering to 1 - 7

8. Follow the above process for more concepts9. Try not to exceed nine concepts; focus on the

most important

10.Review the day of the test,

Creativity:Nine approaches to creative problem solving:

1.

Rethink! Look at problems in many different ways.2. Visualize! Utilize diagrams and imagery to analyze

your dilemma.

3. Produce! Genius is productive.4. Combine! Make novel combinations...5. Formrelationships.6. Opposite! Think in opposites.7. Metaphor/simile! Think metaphorically.8. Failure! Learning from your mistakes is one

example of using failure.9. Patience! Don't confuse inspiration with ideas.10.3 O's - Take aproblemand think of 3different

optionsfor dealing with it. (radically different

solutions, can be opposites)

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