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Survey! 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
Question while you are surveying:	· Turn the title, headings, and/or subheadings into questions; · Read questions at the end of the chapters or after each 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?" Note: If it is helpful to you, write out these questions for consideration. This variation is called SQW3R
When you begin to Read:	· 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
Recite after 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 in your own words · Underline or highlight important points you've just read · Use the method of recitation which best suits your particular learning style but remember, the more senses you use the more likely you are to remember what you read - i.e., · TRIPLE STRENGTH LEARNING: Seeing, saying, hearing- QUADRUPLE STRENGTH LEARNING: Seeing , saying , hearing, writing!!!
Review:an ongoing process.	Day One · After you have read and recited the entire chapter, write questions in the margins for those points you have highlighted or underlined. · If you took notes while reciting, write questions for the notes you have taken in the left hand margins of your notebook. Day Two · Page through the text and/or your notebook to re-acquaint yourself with the important points. · Cover the right hand column of your text/note-book and orally ask yourself the questions in the left hand margins. · Orally recite or write the answers from memory. · Make "flash cards" for those questions which give you difficulty. · 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 (orally or in writing) on the questions you formulated. · 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. Now that you have consolidated all the information you need for that chapter, periodically review the Sheet/Map so that at test time you will not have to cram.

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