Recite
Marking and Underlining in your Textbook - from ISS/Learning Center, University of St.Thomas
Mark Your Books - from the Learning Skills Center at the University of Texas at Austin
Taking Notes from a Textbook - from ISS/Learning Center, University of St.Thomas
A student can use several techniques when reciting previously read material.
Review self-test notes
Make an outline
Flashcards
Any system which has proven successful for the student *
Reciting enables you to test your understanding and strengthens your memory of material already read. Several techniques are used in this step. First, you can look at self-test notes made from material you have read. Since you have highlighted or underlined important material, now simply cover up the page in the book while answering a question. Second, you can make an outline. To see an outline of this paragraph, click here. This can be very valuable for understanding difficult material. Third, you can make flashcards. Write the question on one side of the index card, and on the reverse, write the answer. These cards are most useful for detailed information such as definitions of terms, formulas, and dates. Finally, you might have your own system that works for you.
Using this recite step will save you much time because you won't be rereading all the material. If you need to learn many details, spend more time on recall. Continue self-testing until you have complete command of the knowledge.
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* If you need more details included, place them under each major heading and list as 1., 2., etc. until all the details have been included.
"The mind is slow in unlearning what it has been long in learning."
- Seneca
