Power

1. • Jonathan Davila
• Professor Cevallos-Castaneda
• READ 90
• July 9, 2012
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2. • What is a study reading strategy?
• What are the 3 stages of reading?
• What is previewing?
• Activating your schema – review
• Metacognition – review
• Why recall or self-test what you have read?
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3. • SQ3R • All study systems include:
– • Before reading stage
Survey
• Survey, Question
– Question
• During reading stage
– Read
• Read
– Recite
• After reading stage
– Review • Recite, Review
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4. • Reading to learn
– Actively read, study, and remember
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5. • Previewing
– Skimming or surveying before you read.
– Whole textbook, then each chapter as you go.
– Allows you to connect before reading.
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6. • Title
– What’s the title?
– Is it clear what the topic will be about?
Introductory Material
– What introductory material do you see for the entire book?
– What introductory material do you see for each chapter?
Subheadings, Italics, Boldface, Print, and Numbers
– Do you see these?
– Are there sub-subheadings? How do differentiate from
subheadings?
Concluding Summary
– Is there one?
– Is it useful (for a particular text)? Why or why not?
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7. • Using a chapter from a college text book
• Tape the pages of the chapter together in
order
– From Left to right
– Create a horizontal scroll
Look at the whole chapter laid out side by side
Look at the headings, front size, and bold text
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8. • Chapter Title – • Yellow
everywhere it is located
• Subsections • Orange
• Sub-subsections • Green
• Tables and Charts • Purple
• Important Words and • Pink
Terms
• Exercises • Blue
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9. • What did you discover about the structure of
textbooks from this text mapping process?
• How do you think this will help with your
textbook reading?
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10. • Predict
What is the topic of the material?
• Plan
How is the material organized?
What will be my plan?
• Establish Purpose
Questions
• Activate Schema
What do I already know
Makes information more meaningful, and therefore, cause it
to stick!
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11. • While Reading
• Use Metacognition Strategies
- Predict
- Picture – develop images during reading.
- Relate – link prior knowledge with new information.
- Monitor comprehension – recognize confusing points.
- Clarify – use fix-up strategies to help with comprehension.
- reread
- read ahead for possible clarity
- check context for unfamiliar words, etc.
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12. • After Reading
– Tell yourself what you have learned.
– See what you remember
– Make sure you related information
– Form an opinions and reactions
• Thought + Emotion=History
- Recall by writing
- Powerful learning tool
- Discover how much you Know & Don’t Know
• Recall Outline: Helps you organize what you’ve learned
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13. I. State Topic
I. What is the selection mainly about?
III. Supporting Details
I. State Them:
II. A, B, C, etc
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14. • Questioning helps with:
* Relate
- Think of an idea, issue or concern
- Related to the whole reading selection
* React
- Formulate opinions
- Author
- Message
Thought + Emotion = Memory
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