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In this series of articles we look at the well-respected reading comprehension strategy SQ4R<\/em><\/p>\n

Of the many changes that take place when students progress through high school and into university, the notable increase in reading and research stands out.\u00a0 Textbooks become more detailed, more comprehensive, and more advanced.\u00a0 To handle these changes successfully, students must employ more sophisticated reading comprehension strategies.<\/p>\n

One excellent reading comprehension approach that has stood the test of time is SQ4R.\u00a0 This method is demonstrated on many university websites (search SQ4R for a sample) and in this article, we\u2019re going to focus on the first two steps, S and Q:<\/p>\n

S = Survey<\/strong>: Before starting to read, students need to \u2018take inventory\u2019 of the chapter or unit they\u2019re dealing with.\u00a0 Reading without any context makes it difficult to decide if information is important or not, so it\u2019s imperative that students take some time to skim the material and try to establish some expectations about what they will encounter when reading commences.<\/p>\n

Q = Question<\/strong>: Once students have surveyed the material, they should be able to anticipate the types of questions the chapter will address.\u00a0 This requires a bit of thinking of course, but is well worth it.\u00a0 For instance, surveying a Science chapter might make it clear that the chapter is breaking down and discussing various models of the atom.\u00a0 Ok, if that\u2019s what my survey reveals, what key questions should the chapter address?\u00a0 How about these:<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What each model says and who came up with it?<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What research did they use to develop the model?<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What was the weakness of the model that led to the development of the next model?<\/p>\n

As you can see, the Survey and Question stages of SQ4R involve steps to take BEFORE reading even takes place.\u00a0 At StudySpot, we refer to these stages together as the Pre-reading stages.\u00a0 These stages give students a bit of context and allow them to anticipate what they might encounter \u2013 excellent first steps toward better reading comprehension.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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