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Methods for Summarizing Texts. Effective Strategies. The Benefits of Summarizing. Summarizing the information presented in a textbook or novel reinforces and consolidates the processes involved in learning that information.
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Methods for Summarizing Texts Effective Strategies
The Benefits of Summarizing • Summarizing the information presented in a textbook or novel reinforces and consolidates the processes involved in learning that information. • These processes include separating important from unimportant information, recognizing the structure of the text, and drawing inferences.
Strategies for Summarizing • Hierarchical Summaries • R.E.A.P. • G.I.S.T.
Hierarchical Summaries • Preview the text, giving special attention to headings, subheadings, bolded or italicized vocabulary, etc. • Develop a skeletal outline. • Read the text and use the outline as a guide. • Generate main ideas for each main point in the outline and then include supporting detail. • Generate a summarizing statement for the entire passage.
R.E.A.P. • This is an acronym for the four stages of reading and understanding: Read the text; Encode the text in your own language; Annotate the text by writing down the message conveyed in the text; Ponder the message on your own or with others.
G.I.S.T.: Generating Interactions between Schemata and Text • First, restate the first sentence of a paragraph in 15 words or less. • Then, summarize sentences one and two in 15 words or less. • Continue until the entire paragraph has been summarized in 15 words or less.
Source Alvermann, Donna E., and Stephen F. Phelps. Content Reading and Literacy: Succeeding in Today’s Diverse Classrooms. 2nd ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1998.