Students can never escape the fact that effective learning must include strategies for reading and effectively summarizing what is read. This course provides students with approaches that make reading interesting, and note-taking specific to what is most important. This course teaches students:
- How to change this task from boring to interesting and exciting
- How to keep interest level by breaking down reading in to shorter chunks
- SMMRRT Technique- survey, major headings, minor headings, revise, read, take down your notes
- The Cornell Method, outlining, mind mapping, and highlighting
Do not complete the worksheets until you are asked to do so during the course. The topics will explain the significance of each worksheet by posing questions to the student, providing examples, or commenting on the purpose behind them.
Course Content
Lessons
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Reading and Taking Notes From Textbooks
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Why is it Such a Problem for Students?
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Taking Notes From Textbooks – Part 1
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Taking Notes From Textbooks – Part 2
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Taking Notes From Textbooks – Part 3
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Taking Notes From Textbooks – Part 4
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Taking Notes From Textbooks – Part 5
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Taking Notes from Textbooks – Part 6
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SMMRRT “S” is for Survey
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Smmrrt Survey
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sMmrrt: M is for “Major Headings”
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smMrrt : M is for “Minor Headings”
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smmRrt : R is for “Revise”
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smmrRt : R is for “Read” – Part 1
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smmrRt : R is for “Read” – Part 2
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smmrrT: T is for “Take Down Your Notes” – Part 1
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smmrrT: T is for “Take Down Your Notes” – Part 2
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smmrrT: T is for “Take Down Your Notes” – Part 3
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smmrrT: T is for “Take Down Your Notes” – Outlining
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MLA Format for Outlining
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smmrrT: T is for “Take Down Your Notes” – Cornell Notes
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Cornell Method – Part 1
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Cornell Method – Part 2
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Cornell Method – Part 3
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smmrrT : T is for “Take Down Your Notes” – Mind Maps
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Mind Map Example
- Why is it Such a Problem for Students?
- Taking Notes From Textbooks – Part 1
- Taking Notes From Textbooks – Part 2
- Taking Notes From Textbooks – Part 3
- Taking Notes From Textbooks – Part 4
- Taking Notes From Textbooks – Part 5
- Taking Notes from Textbooks – Part 6
- SMMRRT “S” is for Survey
- Smmrrt Survey
- sMmrrt: M is for “Major Headings”
- smMrrt : M is for “Minor Headings”
- smmRrt : R is for “Revise”
- smmrRt : R is for “Read” – Part 1
- smmrRt : R is for “Read” – Part 2
- smmrrT: T is for “Take Down Your Notes” – Part 1
- smmrrT: T is for “Take Down Your Notes” – Part 2
- smmrrT: T is for “Take Down Your Notes” – Part 3
- smmrrT: T is for “Take Down Your Notes” – Outlining
- MLA Format for Outlining
- smmrrT: T is for “Take Down Your Notes” – Cornell Notes
- Cornell Method – Part 1
- Cornell Method – Part 2
- Cornell Method – Part 3
- smmrrT : T is for “Take Down Your Notes” – Mind Maps
- Mind Map Example