Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

Your future is created by what you do today,

 Not tomorrow

Robert Kiyosaki

SQ3R

SQ3R: A Great Reading and Studying Technique

Improve Your Study Skills

SQ3R stands for:

Survey

Questions

Read

Recite

Review

It is a proven technique to sharpen your study skills.

In college, you’ll be required to do lots of reading. You’ll often have to complete reading assignments in several different books for several different courses at the same time.

SQ3R helps make reading and studying purposeful and effective, so that you use your time most efficiently. Here’s how this strategy works.

Survey

Let’s say your assignment is to read one chapter. First, get an idea of what the chapter is about by reviewing the highlights:

·        Read the title, headings and subheadings

·        Notice words that are italicized or bold.

·        Look at charts, graphs, pictures, maps and other visual material.

·        Read captions.

·        Read very beginning and end of the chapter.

Choose The Right!

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

NEVER

“There is no justification ever for

Choosing any part of what you

 Know to be evil”

Any Rand

(Novelist, philosopher, play writing, screenwriter)

Reading

5 Tips for Success

Tip 5

Tip 5: Keep a List of Questions

When you feel confused about something you’re reading, write down any questions you have. Sometimes your questions are answered as you read further. If not, don’t be afraid to ask for help. Remember, teachers create assignments:; they’ve read the texts and are familiar with them. When you have specific questions, your teachers can provide answers that will help you better understand the material. Learning is rooted in questions developed and asked by the learner.

Asking questions to yourself, to the teacher, and to others, is a great learning method. When you cease to ask questions, you cease to exist to a great extent. Read actively by silently asking questions as you read. Questioning immerses you into the material you are reading and therefore will expand your mental capacities more than almost anything else.

The philosopher Sir Francis Bacon said, “Knowledge is power.” Improving your reading comprehension is the key to gaining important knowledge and making the most of your education. So pick up a book… and pen.

Choose the Right!

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“When I was teaching basketball, I urged my players to try them handers to improve on that very day, you make that practice a masterpiece.

 This rule is even more important in life than basketball. You have to apply yourself each day to become a little better. By applying yourself to the task of becoming a little better each and every day over a period of time, you will become a lot better.

 Only then will you be able to approach being the best you can be. It begins by trying to make each day count and knowing you can never make up for a lost day

John Wooden

Reading

5 Tips for Success

Tips 3-4

Tips 3: Do Research

Literary critics have written vast numbers of analytical and critical pieces on countless books. If you’re having trouble understanding a particular text, do some research and see what knowledgeable sources have to say about it. In addition to increasing your comprehension, you’ll also be showing initiative, something teachers always like to see. Always use legitimate and scholarly sources, not condensed study guides. Going the extra mile in your research elevates your achievement 10-fold.

Tip 4: Use a Dictionary

Make sure you have access to a dictionary when you’re reading. You can often figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word by using context clues, but sometimes you can’t. Rather than simply skipping over the words you don’t know, take the time to look them up. The results are well worth the effort. Your comprehension will increase greatly, and you’ll build your vocabulary at the same time.

Choose The Right!

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“Every time I've done something that doesn't feel

Right

It’s ended up not being right”

Mario Cuomo

(52^nd government of NY)