*Strategies for Success* SQ3R

~Essential Material~

• Textbook or Article provides the essential material.

• Prepares the student for classroom discussion and participation.

• Textbook often contains explanatory material the instructor uses as a foundation.

• Without the mortar, Foundation being built will not be suitable to withstand critical thinking or test evaluation.

Get the most out of your reading

• Text Book reading is not done for entertainment.

• Work hard to get something substantial out of the exercise.

• ALWAYS use “pen in hand” to make exercise more beneficial.

~SQ3R~The Study Technique which

gives you a purpose for Reading.

What does SQ3R stand for?

SurveyDetermine the structure or

Organization of the Chapter.

Survey

• Think about the title. (Predict what will be included in the chapter.)

• Read the introduction. (The main ideas will help you understand or make sense of the details.)

• Read the main-headings (boldface print). Here are the main ideas.

Survey• Read the Summary. Here is the relationship

among the main idea. • Read the questions at the end of the chapter.

These will help to identify important parts of the chapter

Question

Turn each heading and subheading into a question.

• While practicing this technique write the questions down. This gives the answer.

• You are looking for something rather than simply looking at words

• Take one section at a time• Keep answers brief• Use your own words

The Three R’s

R1= Read

• Read only that section• Look for answers to your questions• Move quickly• Sort out Ideas and evaluate them.• If content doesn’t relate to question, give it

only a glance.

R2=Recite

• Answer the questions in your own words• Write the answer using only key words• Follow the technique R1 technique for each

section.• Orally ask yourself questions about what you

have just read or summarize, in your own words, what you read .

R3=Review• Increase retention• After you have read and recited the entire chapter,

write questions in the margins for those points you have highlighted or underlined.

• Page through the text and/or your notebook to re-acquaint yourself with the important points.

• Alternate between your flash cards and notes and test yourself (orally or in writing) on the questions you formulated.

SQ3R Power Point Presentation

By: Elizabeth Miller