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Academic Support Unit

Academic Support Unit. Textbook Tactics. Do you know how to study form textbook?. Adapted from. Five Steps. Environment Preview Read Mark Review. Environment. Establish a place to study A desk Comfortable chair Good Lighting All the supplies you need

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Academic Support Unit

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  1. Academic Support Unit Textbook Tactics Do you know how to study form textbook? Adapted from

  2. Five Steps • Environment • Preview • Read • Mark • Review

  3. Environment • Establish a place to study • A desk • Comfortable chair • Good Lighting • All the supplies you need • It should be as free of distraction as possible • It should be your study place

  4. Preview • Before you start reading, think about the big picture of the chapter • Note the chapter headings, subheadings, number of pages, key-terms & exercises • Break the chapter into manageable sections. • Make an outline of the chapter

  5. Reading • Read at a steady place • It may help to read aloud, so you see and hear the words • Develop your ability to concentrate • Make a note on any thing you read that is confusing • Ask questions in class or talk to your professor.

  6. Mark There are three marking tactics • Annotation * Annotate important ideas or questions in the margins of the textbook * Rewrite ideas in your own words • Highlighting * Highlighting helps you build your vocab and review important notes * Highlight important notes only and not over highlight • Underlining * if you want to give an special emphasis to particular word or idea * It can serve as a supplement to highlighting

  7. Review • To review your textbook: * Review your markings * Make and review flashcards * Work on building your vocabulary * Do exercises found in textbook * Study with a tutor * Study with a group

  8. Textbook Reading Strategies • To strengthen your understanding of the material • Tutor or be tutored • Organize or join a study group • Work on the exercises presented in the textbook • Repeatedly review your highlighted key terms and flashcards to store important concepts into your L-T-M. • The more concepts you learn, the more expertise you gain

  9. Flashcards • Write down key terms and other important information on one side of the card • Write down the definitions or other information on the other side of the card • Sort your flashcards into two piles:* • known: that you understand and know • Unknown: the cards you don’t understand and know • Focus on learning the cards in the unknown pile until all of your cards are in the known pile.

  10. Types of Recall • Recognition Easiest form because you only need to say you’ve seen something before • Cued Recall Also easy because something like multiple choice, helps, or cues your recall of the information • Free Recall Most difficult, requires effort to learn info and store it into LTM

  11. Remember… Quality of your studying is more important than the Quantity of your studying

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