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SQ-4R:
Survey, Question- Read, wRite, Recite, Review5. Recite
The fifth step in the SQ-4R method is reciting
the information aloud to yourself to ensure understanding
and memorization.
When you recite information of any kind, it causes your
brain to receive the information and then relay it back,
forcing you to contemplate and think about the information
received.
If you cannot recite concepts from the chapter during
this process, return to the book and read aloud areas that
you
have trouble putting into your own words. Hellyer, Robinson,
and Sherwood (2001) suggest, “Do this as soon as you
finish reading and marking the chapter, while the answers
are still fresh in your mind. If you mark your chapter without
the follow-up recitation, you are likely to think you know
the answers, but when you have to take a test, you may not
remember the information” (pg. 119). In other words,
recitation confirms thorough understanding rather than
mere memorization.
If you practice explaining what the author means, you are
more likely to be able to do the same on the test.
Recite Summary
- Recite the questions that you posed in Step 2.
- Recite the
answers to the questions found in the text.
- Recite the information
in your own words. Now, summarize the information in your
own words.
- Make up an example (different from the author’s
example) for any concept or main point in the paragraph/chapter,
and
draw graphs and illustrations of visual material from
the book.
* If you cannot perform all of these sub-steps, return to
the reading section for review and repetition.
Continue to Step 6: Review
Copyright 2004 by the Academic Center and the
University of Houston-Victoria.
Created 2004 by Lisa Bullock. |
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