Study techniques in studying

• Unit 5: Study Techniques for Reading (SQSR)


  • Overview of Unit
  • Survey
  • Questioning
  • Read
  • Reflect
  • Record
  • Recall
  • Review
  • Importance of SQSR Technique
  • Summary of Unit
• SQSR


  Survey, Question, Read, Reflect, Record, Recite and Review
• Survey


  • Skim through the chapter, read the introduction and conclusion, look for definitions and parts of the text highlighted in bold, pay attention to drawings and graphs, look at the title of the book, the author of the book and the date of publication, consider the blurb, index and glossary
• Questioning


  Ask yourself questions about the topic to identify what you want to find out
• Read


  Make meaning of the text, break the text down into more digestible sections, read the text out loud
• Reflect


  Think back to the questions you asked at the beginning and respond to them, apply what you have just read
• Record


  Make notes - jot down, scribble, put pen to paper on all the salient things you have read from the text
• Recall


  Recite the information or the key facts from memory without looking at your notes or the text
• Review


  Go over the text again and skim through it, explain the material to someone else, go over your notes to fill in any missing information or to edit them
• Importance of SQSR Technique

  • Combines multiple study techniques that are known to enhance learning and memory retention, actively engages with the material, supports the encoding of information, enhances understanding of the material, promotes self-testing
• A new template called the SQ6R technique has been developed from the SQ5R