PQ5R(Preview,Question,Read,Record,Recite,Review,Reflect)

OneofthebestmethodsforreadingandretainingtextbookinformationisPQ5R,asystematic
readingstrategy.DevelopedbyFrancisP.RobinsonatOhioStateUniversityduringWorldWarII,
thetechniqueincorporatesactivereadingwithrecordingofinformation.Tohelpstudentslearnthe
strategy,refertothedirectionsbelow.

P=Previewthematerial

Skimorscanthetext.Beawareofandthinkabout:

therelationshipbetweenthetitle,mainheadingsandsubheadings
pictures,graphsandchartsandwhattheysuggestaboutthepurposeofthetext
anyrevieworsummaryquestionsattheendofthetext

Q=Questionthematerial

Developquestionsaboutthetext.

turn headingsandsubheadingsintoquestionswritethemdown
writedownquestionsrelatedtowho,what,when,where,whyandhow
writeabriefversionofanyquestionsthatappearattheendofthetext
askyourselfwhatyouneedtoknowaboutthesubject

R=Readthematerial

Readtoanswerthequestionsyoudeveloped.Payattentionto:

pictures,graphs,andcharts
mainideasandsupportingevidence
structureandrelationshipsidentifiedbysuchkeyphrasesasalso,moreover,
furthermore,inaddition, although,nevertheless,however,therefore,
inconclusion, consequently
newvocabulary:lookupandrecordthedefinitionsofnewterms

R=Recordkeyideasfoundduringreading

!!! Tofindkeyideaslookatthefirstparagraphinasectionandthefirstsentenceofeachparagraph.
InEnglishkeyideasareusuallythefirstimportantwordsandlastimportantwordsinasentence.

Writedownkeyideasfoundduringreading

writetheanswerstoquestions
writeanynewinformationthatseemssignificant(definitions,theories,processes,
categorizations,classifications,comparisons,causes,effects)
writereflectionsaboutthematerial (Whatdoyouthinkaboutthisinformation?
Doesitremindyouofsomethingyoureadinanothercourse?)
writeanynewquestions
Adaptedfrom0607RegionVAVIDTutorTrainingModules,Module 6
R=Recitefromthetext

Lookawayfromthetextandtrytoanswerquestionsabouttheinformation

reciteinformationabouttheheadingsandsubheadings
reacttothetext
generatemorequestionsandanswerthem

R=Review

Rereadthetextandnotes

skimthetextagain
redefinethemainideasandtheirrelationshipstoeachother
reviewquestionsandanswers
skimforanswerstonewquestions

R=Reflect

Thinkaboutthesignificanceofthematerial.Askquestionssuchas:

Whatisthemeaningandsignificanceofthematerial?
How canthisinformationbeappliedinmycourse,intherealworld?
Howisthisinformationrelatedtowhatisalreadyknown?
Wouldother textbooksandjournalarticleshavedifferentversionsofthismaterial?

!!! Readinglikethiswillactuallysaveyoutime.Haveyoueverreadachapterandnotremembered
anypartofit?Haveyouevertakennotesonyourreadingandputdownunimportantinformation?

Adaptedfrom0607RegionVAVIDTutorTrainingModules,Module 6