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Orientation

Orientation
Time Management
How Do You Spend Your Time?
How Can I Make More Time?
Study Environment
Learning Styles
    Visual Learners
    Aural Learners
    Read/Write Learners
    Kinesthetic Learners
    Multimodal Learners

Reading Skills and Strategies
    Improving Your Reading Skills
    SQ3R
    PQR3
    M.U.R.D.E.R.
Note Taking
    Guidelines for Taking Notes
    Note Taking
    Note Taking Hints
    Making Notes

SQ3R

SQ3R is one recommended method for improving your reading comprehension. The letters in the name stand for these five steps:

Survey: Before you read, scan the titles, headings, pictures, and summaries. Consider using the heading and subheadings as an outline for notes as you read.

Question: Ask yourself questions based on Step 1 and look for answers as you complete Step 3. For example, if a subheading is entitled "Basic Concepts of Reading," change it to read, "What are the Basic Concepts of Reading?"

Read: Read and take notes.

Recall: Without referring to the book or your notes, think about what you have read. See if your questions were answered. Could you explain the content to someone else? Try putting major concepts in your own words.

Review: Look at your questions, answers, notes and book to see how well you did recall. Observe carefully the points stated incorrectly or omitted. Fix carefully in mind the logical sequence of the entire idea, concepts, or problem. Finish up with a mental picture of the WHOLE.

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