Study Reading
SQ3R is a five-stage technique to aid reading comprehension. It stands for: Survey - Question - Read - Recall - Review.
Survey
* Examine the whole before you read the parts — survey the book first, then the chapter, then the paragraph. * Also look at the title, headings, and subheadings, captions under pictures, charts, graphs or maps, introductory and concluding paragraphs and any summaries.
Question
* Ask yourself:
Why are you reading this? What do you already know? What do you want to know? What is new or interesting about this material? Does this support / supplement / contradict what I already know? * Try turning the title, headings, and/or subheadings into questions.
Read
* Skim read at the first reading, looking for the main ideas and general structure of the text. * Only then read for the purpose of making notes on the key points. * Look for answers to the questions you first raised. * Reduce your speed for difficult passages — stop and re-read parts which are not clear. * Read only a section at a time and recite after each section.
Recall
Can I recall the key points without re-reading the text? Recall helps you to concentrate, and to make your reading active rather than passive. * Orally ask yourself questions about what you have just read and/or summarize, in your own words, what you read. * Take notes from the text but write the information in your own words. * Underline/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.

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Review
* Look back at the text to check your recall. Have you