Learning Styles, SQ3R & CNT Methods
- 2. During Class Visual Learners: • Tend to sit in front of the class • Think in pictures and learn best through visual displays - diagrams - illustrated text books - handouts • Takes detailed notes LEARNING STYLES Auditory Learners: • Learn best through lectures, discussion, listening to what others have to say • Interprets underlying meaning of speech through listening to tone, speed, and pitch of voice • Benefit from reading text aloud
- 3. During Class Kinesthetic Learners: • Learn through moving, doing and touching • Hands-on approach • May find it hard to sit still for a long period of time LEARNING STYLES OTHER STYLES OF LEARNING • Social/Interpersonal Learners • Solitary/Intrapersonal Learners • Logical/Mathematical Learners
- 4. Use numbers SQ3R This step involves first briefly scanning through an assigned reading. While surveying a particular chapter, this time allows you to: • gather information needed for: • focusing on the chapter • forming questions SURVEY Be attentive and: • read the title • read the introduction and/or summary • read boldface headings and subheadings • review all graphics QUESTION Turn boldface headings and subheadings into questions. • e.g., who, what, when, where, or how READING STRATEGIES
- 5. Use numbers READING STRATEGIES SQ3R Read the chapter thoroughly; While reading the material, actively search for the answers to the questions you constructed. READ Look at the questions you wrote down before you read the section. Cover the answers to your questions and see if you can answer them from memory. Be sure to: • recite answers to questions at the end of each section • read the section if you are unable to answer your questions RECITE Note: Reciting material as you go retrains your mind to concentrate and learn as you read. REVIEW Once you have finished reading the entire chapter, surveying the material, and forming/ reviewing the questions for the first time, continue practicing answering the questions.
- 6. Use numbers I. OUTLINE METHOD 1. Use numbers letters, Roman numerals, dashes, etc. 2. General information begins at the left margin 3. More specific groups of facts are indented farther to the right 4. Indents show the relationships between parts B. PROCEDURE 1. Listen and write in an organized pattern 2. Place major points farthest to the left 3. Indent more specific point to the right 4. Use numbers, letters, etc. 5. To review, turn the far left main points into questions and answer using all information below those points A. PROCEDURE OUTLINE METHOD NOTE TAKING STRATEGIES
- 7. -Uses creative concentration skills to relate each fact or idea to every other fact or idea -Gives a graphic representation of the lecture content (diagram) -Maximizes active participation, increases understanding, emphasizes critical thinking Procedure -Do not follow the lines of the paper while taking notes -Instead, group items of similar content in grouped spaced around the paper -Use arrows, lines, circles, or other symbols to connect material -It is best to re-write notes after class in order to re-group topics and organize materials in a manner that is more meaningful visually Advantages CORNELL METHOD • Systematic format for condensing or organizing notes without recovering • Write notes in main space (right side of page) • Use left margin to label each idea and concept with a key word or “cue” PROCEDURE • Draw a line from top to bottom of each sheet of paper, making a 2.5- inch margin on the left and a 6-inch area on the right NOTE TAKING STRATEGIES
- 8. Spend at least ten minutes every week reviewing all your previous notes. This will help you to retain the information. RECORD QUESTIONS RECITE REVIEW Jot down your notes using a style comfortable to you in the note taking column (right-hand column) Cover the note taking column and look at the questions or cue-words in the cue column– recite the answers to the questions, facts, or ideas indicated by the cue words. SUMMARIZE CORNELL METHOD Directly after class, write a very brief (4 to 5 sentences) summary of the notes taken for that day Formulate questions and cue words based on the notes in the recall column (left-hand column) NOTE TAKING STRATEGIES
- 9. 2” 2 1/2” 6” Summary Recall Column Note Taking Column
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