Introduction
Students always ask me เคเฅเค เคเคธเคพ เคเฅเคเคพเฅ เคฌเคคเคพเค เคเฅ เคเค เคฌเคพเคฐ เคชเคข เคเฅ เคชเฅเคฐเคพ เคนเฅ เคเคพเคฏ ! – How to study effectively ?โ the answer is just one word โ SQRRR! This is a time tested technique and a must for any Smart Student. Mastering this technique will help you increase your grasping power dramatically.
SQRRR consists of these steps:
- Survey: First using speed reading you must survey the material-this will help your mind to get in frame for absorbing information and create a good background.
- Question: Now set the objectives by asking questions about the topic. Especially ask questions about what you think is important.
- Read: After youโre asked the questions, set out on the reading mission-with the questions in your mind. Read very attentively and with full focus. You may take notes while reading.
- Recite / Recall: This step hammers the material in your memory. Once youโve read something you need to speak out loudly, the points that youโve learnt. What will happen then is that you will also hear the material-giving a double effect.
- Revise: The most important step is to revise your material using FRT, refer to chapter 17 – this makes sure that you donโt forget what youโve studied.
There are separate articles for each of the five steps โ read and master each step to make your concepts strong and permanent. Apply the principles on the story given below and observe the change.
Story for testing SQRRR skills
I accidentally bumped into a stranger as he passed by,
โโOh excuse me pleaseโโ was my reply.
He said, โโPlease excuse me, too; I wasnโt really watching for you.โโ
We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on our way and we said good-bye.
But at home a different story is told, How we treat our loved ones, young and old.
Later that day, cooking the evening meal, My son stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knocked him down.
โโMove out of the way,โโ I said with a frown.
He walked away, his little heart broken. I didnโt realize how harshly Iโd spoken.
โโWhile dealing with a stranger, common courtesy you use, but the children you love, you seem to abuse.
Go and look on the kitchen floor, Youโll find some flowers there by the door.
Those are the flowers he brought for you.
He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.
He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise, You never saw the tears that filled his little eyes.โโ
By this time, I was feeling very small, and then my tears began to fall.
I quietly went and knelt by his bed; โโWake up, little one, wake up,โโ I said.
โโAre these the flowers you picked for me?โโ
He smiled, โโI found โem, out by the tree.
I picked โem because theyโre pretty like you. I knew youโd like โem, especially the blue.โโ
I said, โโSon, Iโm very sorry for the way I acted today; I shouldnโt have yelled at you that way.โโ
He said, โโOh, Mom, thatโs okay. I love you anyway.โโ
I said, โโSon, I love you too, and I do like the flowers, especially the blue.โโ
Are you aware that if we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days (that is for all those who are working).
But the family we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than into our own family โ an unwise investment indeed, donโt you think.
Questions
- What is the central idea of the passage ?
- What according to the author is an unwise investment ?
- Which colors were the flowers of ? What was the author’s favorite color?
- What did God tell the author ?
Conclusion
See how well you could answer them. Use this technique in Social Studies ( HCGE ) and Languages to save time and get more marks.
