Strategy of Reading

1. SQ3R
NAME:MEET TANDEL
Branch: Mechanical
SEM-1
Year: 2016-17
Enrollment No.:160210119113

2. SQ3R
lSQ3R stands for Survey,
Question, Read, Recite,
Review. It is a proven
technique to sharpebook
reading skills.
lIn college, you'll frequently
bened multiple chapters for
several ifferent courses in
books that ca be
qcomplicated. SQ3R helps
make

3. SURVEY
Preview the chapter before you read it.
The Three Goals of Surveying – to get
l A general overview
lA feeling for the writer’s style and
organization
lA sense of what’s important
lAn idea of the chapter’s
natural break or division

4. CONTINUE TO SURVEY
lGet the big picture
lDecide what’s important
lKnow the main points
lConnect what you already know
to what you don't know
lPrepare to read

5. QUESTION?
Turn chapter headings/subheadings into
questions to guide your reading
lAsk what?
lAsk who?
lAsk why?
lAsk how?
lWhere? and when? questions give you
a very limited answer.

6. WHEN YOU BEGIN TO READ
lGet an idea of what the chapter
is about by reviewing the
highlights:
lRead the title, headings, and
subheadings.
lTake note of words that are
italicized or bold.
lLook at charts, graphs, pictures,
maps, and other visual material.

7. CONTINUE TO READ
l Note all the underlined, italicized, BOLD
words or phrases.
l Reduce your speed for difficult parts
l Stop and reread parts which are not clear
l Read only a section at a time and recite
l after each section

8. RECITE
l Orally ask yourself
questions about what
you have just read or
summarize, in your
own words, what you
read
l Take notes from the
text but write the
information in your
own words
l Underline or highlight
important points

9. REVIEW
l After you have read and
recited the chapter, write
questions in the margins for
those points you have
highlighted or underlined.
l If you took notes while
reciting, write questions for
the notes you have taken in
the left hand margin of your
notebook.

10. Process in Mind
l Page through the text or your
notebook to re-acquaint yourself
with the important things.
l Orally ask yourself the questions
in .
l Orally recite or write the answers
from memory.
l Make “flash cards” for those
questions which give you
difficulty.
l Develop mnemonic devices for
material which need to be
memorized.

11. FULL OVERVIEW
l Using your resources,
make a Table of
Contents-list all the
topics and sub-topics
you need to know from
the chapter.
l From the Table of
Content, make a study
sheet/spatial map.
l Recite the information
orally and in your own
words as you put the
Study sheet/map
together.

12. SQ3R SUCCESS!!
• By learning and using the SQ3R
Reading Method, you will improve your
memory and perform better in your
academic subjects.

14. REFERENCES
• Google
• Slide Share
• Emojipedia
• Wikipedia
• AskMe.com