Textbook Study Method 

Previewing Textbooks 

Textbook Anatomy 

Survey Sheet 

Study System

SQ4R 

Surveying a Chapter 

Marking Your Text 

Marking a Chapter 

Reading Strategy 

Reading Flexibility 

Paragraph Patterns 

Study Strategy 

Effective Textbook Study 

Finding the Main Idea 

Lecture Notes 

Cornell Notetaking 

Reading Medical 

Reading Science 

University Reading 

SQ4R Study Formula

SURVEY

• Title & Introductory material or First Sentence
• Subheadings & First Sentence of each subsection
• Last paragraph or Summary
• Boldface print or italics
• Charts, maps, pictures, graphs

QUESTION

• Turn subheadings into questions
• Use questions in introduction or at the end

READ

• Read to answer the above questions
• Read to discover information not pre-questioned

RECORD

• Make marginal notes of reactions, ideas, details, numbering, question- marks, etc. as you read.

RECITE

• Answer the questions either orally or write a summary of the chapter or discuss the material.
• Use your own words as much as possible.
• Check your answers with the text. Revise.

REFLECT

• Compare the new ideas with what you already know. Ask, "Upon what are these new ideas and information based?" and "How can I use this?"

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