Online Learning Part 1

Online Learning

Part 1

Read Between the Lines

Make a judgment about the site’s reliability based on your own analysis of the site and the information it contains. Here are some ways to do this:

·     Look for facts you know or can check with a trusted source. If the site gets those facts right, it’s more likely that the other facts on the site are also accurate.

·     Study the language used. Is it angry, satiric or overly impassioned? This may indicate that the site is biased.

·     Consider whether the arguments are logical and backed up by evidence, and whether the site presents only one point of view.

·     Check the links to the sources that the author acknowledges. Scholarly writing, whether in print or online, should include a biography.

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SQ3R

SQ3R

SQ3R= Survey-Question-Read-Recite-Review

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Question

As you survey the text, ask a question for each section. Ask what, why, how, when, who, and where questions as they relate to the content. Here’s how you can create questions:

·     Turn the title, headings or subheadings into questions.

·     Rewrite the questions at the end of the chapter or after each subheading in your own words.

Write down your questions. Questions help you pay attention, understand the text better and recall the information more easily later on.

Read

Read on section of the chapter at a time, actively looking for an answer to your question for that section. Pay attention to bold and italicized text that authors use to make important points.

Be sure to review everything in the section, including tables, graphs and illustrations—these features can communicate an idea more powerfully than written text.

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SQ3R

SQ3R

SQ3R: A Great Reading and Studying Technique

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Improve Your Study Skills

SQ3R Stands for:

Survey

Question

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 a 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 on 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 the very beginning and end of the chapter.

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How to Take on College Studying

How to Take on College Studying

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Part 3

Do the Reading

You need to do more than just read the chapters you are assigned—you’re expected to understand them thoroughly. Here are some tips:

·     Don’t skim. Read all the material carefully.

·     Break up difficult assignments into sections you can digest—chapters, subsections or even paragraphs

·     Look up any words that you don’t understand.

·     Pause to think about whether you understand the material; ask questions in class about anything that is unclear.

·     Take notes instead of highlighting—this makes you think through and rephrase the key points.

·     Create a summary sheet of what you have learned from each assignment you read.

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7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

(By Sean Covey but modified)

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

Teens should never get too busy living to take time to renew themselves. When teens “sharpen the saw” they are keeping their personal self-sharp so that they can better deal with life. It means regularly renewing and strengthening the four key dimensions of life—body, mind, heart and soul

1) Body. Eat wholesome foods, fruits, vegetables, legumes. Avoid illegal drugs, smoking, alcohol, tobacco products, tattooing. Exercise regularly and effectively. Get plenty of rest at night. Get to bed early at night and get up early each morning. “Early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

2) Mind. Think positively. Read. Study. Think. Analyze. Seek to read a good book each month. Then each week. Ask intelligent questions. Observe. Develop your mind through positive “self-talk.”

 

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