SQ3R

[|THE SQ3R METHOD]

=SQ3R reading method= **Survey! Question! Read! Recite! Review!** SQ3R will help you build a framework to understand your reading assignment.
 * SQ3R is a reading strategy formed from its letters:**

Before you read, __**S**__**urvey 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

__**Q**__**uestion while you are surveying:**
>> "What did my instructor say about this chapter or subject >> when it was assigned?" >> "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
 * Turn the title, headings, and/or subheadings into questions
 * Read questions at the end of the chapters or after each subheading
 * Ask yourself,
 * Ask yourself,

When you begin to __R__ead:

 * Look for answers to the questions you first 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 printed words or phrases
 * Study graphic aids
 * Reduce your speed for difficult passages
 * Stop and reread parts which are not clear
 * Read only a section at a time and recite after each section

__R__ecite after you've read a section:
>> The more senses you use the more likely you are to remember what you read Triple strength learning: Seeing, saying, hearing >> Quadruple strength learning: Seeing, saying , hearing, writing!!!
 * 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 in your own words
 * Underline or highlight important points you've just read
 * Reciting:

__R__eview: an ongoing process
> write questions in the margins for those points > you have highlighted or underlined. > write questions for the notes you have taken > in the left hand margins of your notebook. PRINT THE READING REVIEW FORM YOU COMPLETED ABOVE AND INCLUDE A COPY IN YOUR PORTFOLIO. >> with the important points. >> and orally ask yourself the questions in the left hand margins. >> Make flash cards for those questions which give you difficulty. >> (orally or in writing) on the questions you formulated. >> you will not have to cram.
 * Day One**
 * After you have read and recited the entire chapter,
 * If you took notes while reciting,
 * Complete the form for a critical reading review
 * Day Two**
 * Page through the text and/or your notebook to re-acquaint yourself
 * Cover the right hand column of your text/note-book
 * Orally recite or write the answers from memory.
 * Develop mnemonic devices for material which need to be memorized.
 * Days Three, Four and Five**
 * Alternate between your flash cards and notes and test yourself
 * Make additional flash cards if necessary.
 * 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.
 * As you have consolidated all the information you need for this chapter, periodically review the Sheet/Map so that at test time