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PQ5R is a systematic reading strategy developed by Francis P. Robinson to help students actively read and retain information from textbooks. It involves 7 steps: previewing material, questioning what will be read, reading to answer questions, recording key ideas, reciting from the text without looking, reviewing notes and text, and reflecting on the meaning and significance of the material. Following this strategy incorporates active reading techniques like previewing, questioning, reciting, and reflecting to help students better understand and remember what they read.

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PQ5R

PQ5R is a systematic reading strategy developed by Francis P. Robinson to help students actively read and retain information from textbooks. It involves 7 steps: previewing material, questioning what will be read, reading to answer questions, recording key ideas, reciting from the text without looking, reviewing notes and text, and reflecting on the meaning and significance of the material. Following this strategy incorporates active reading techniques like previewing, questioning, reciting, and reflecting to help students better understand and remember what they read.

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PQ5R(Preview,Question,Read,Record,Recite,Review,Reflect)

OneofthebestmethodsforreadingandretainingtextbookinformationisPQ5R,asystematic
readingstrategy.DevelopedbyFrancisP.RobinsonatOhioStateUniversityduringWorldWarII,
thetechniqueincorporatesactivereadingwithrecordingofinformation.Tohelpstudentslearnthe
strategy,refertothedirectionsbelow.

P=Previewthematerial

Skimorscanthetext.Beawareofandthinkabout:

therelationshipbetweenthetitle,mainheadingsandsubheadings
pictures,graphsandchartsandwhattheysuggestaboutthepurposeofthetext
anyrevieworsummaryquestionsattheendofthetext

Q=Questionthematerial

Developquestionsaboutthetext.

turn headingsandsubheadingsintoquestionswritethemdown
writedownquestionsrelatedtowho,what,when,where,whyandhow
writeabriefversionofanyquestionsthatappearattheendofthetext
askyourselfwhatyouneedtoknowaboutthesubject

R=Readthematerial

Readtoanswerthequestionsyoudeveloped.Payattentionto:

pictures,graphs,andcharts
mainideasandsupportingevidence
structureandrelationshipsidentifiedbysuchkeyphrasesasalso,moreover,
furthermore,inaddition, although,nevertheless,however,therefore,
inconclusion, consequently
newvocabulary:lookupandrecordthedefinitionsofnewterms

R=Recordkeyideasfoundduringreading

!!! Tofindkeyideaslookatthefirstparagraphinasectionandthefirstsentenceofeachparagraph.
InEnglishkeyideasareusuallythefirstimportantwordsandlastimportantwordsinasentence.

Writedownkeyideasfoundduringreading

writetheanswerstoquestions
writeanynewinformationthatseemssignificant(definitions,theories,processes,
categorizations,classifications,comparisons,causes,effects)
writereflectionsaboutthematerial (Whatdoyouthinkaboutthisinformation?
Doesitremindyouofsomethingyoureadinanothercourse?)
writeanynewquestions
Adaptedfrom0607RegionVAVIDTutorTrainingModules,Module 6
R=Recitefromthetext

Lookawayfromthetextandtrytoanswerquestionsabouttheinformation

reciteinformationabouttheheadingsandsubheadings
reacttothetext
generatemorequestionsandanswerthem

R=Review

Rereadthetextandnotes

skimthetextagain
redefinethemainideasandtheirrelationshipstoeachother
reviewquestionsandanswers
skimforanswerstonewquestions

R=Reflect

Thinkaboutthesignificanceofthematerial.Askquestionssuchas:

Whatisthemeaningandsignificanceofthematerial?
How canthisinformationbeappliedinmycourse,intherealworld?
Howisthisinformationrelatedtowhatisalreadyknown?
Wouldother textbooksandjournalarticleshavedifferentversionsofthismaterial?

!!! Readinglikethiswillactuallysaveyoutime.Haveyoueverreadachapterandnotremembered
anypartofit?Haveyouevertakennotesonyourreadingandputdownunimportantinformation?

Adaptedfrom0607RegionVAVIDTutorTrainingModules,Module 6

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