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Review On Study and Thinking Skills

The document outlines essential study and thinking skills, focusing on strategies for comprehending written English texts and effective information gathering. It details various study techniques such as note-taking methods, skimming, scanning, and summarizing, as well as test-taking strategies for multiple-choice and true-false questions. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of critical and active reading to enhance understanding and retention of information.

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Review On Study and Thinking Skills

The document outlines essential study and thinking skills, focusing on strategies for comprehending written English texts and effective information gathering. It details various study techniques such as note-taking methods, skimming, scanning, and summarizing, as well as test-taking strategies for multiple-choice and true-false questions. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of critical and active reading to enhance understanding and retention of information.

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STUDY AND

THINKING
SKILLS

Diana S. Regalado, LPT


Competencies
General Specific Competencies

COMPREHEND WRITTEN TEXT IN ENGLISH USE STRATEGIES TO EFFICIENTLY APPLY STUDY AND CRITICAL THINKING
SEARCH FOR INFORMATION AND LEARN SKILLS IN COMPREHENDING ENGLISH
FROM WRITTEN TEXTS IN ENGLISH TEXTS
Study Skills

Skills related to gathering and using information Specific abilities which students may use alone
or in combination to learn the content of the
curriculum on their own
STUDY AND
THINKING
SKILLS
STUDY
AND THINKING SKILLS

I. Study Strategies and II. Reading


Thinking Skills Comprehension
I. Study
Strategies and
Thinking Skills
I. Study Strategies and Thinking Skills
A. Remembering Information
1. Repetition​
2. Mnemonics - https://www.developgoodhabits.com/mnemonic-devices/
a. Acronyms​​
b. Abbreviations​​
c. Pegwords
d. Keywords​​
e. Rhymes​​
f. Graphic Organizers
I. Study Strategies and Thinking Skills

B. Underlining / Highlighting
➢ engages the reader to select
words, phrases, and sentences,
as well as selecting the most
important details in a reading.
I. Study Strategies and Thinking Skills

C. Notetaking While Reading


➢ refers to the practice of
writing down pieces of
information in a systematic
way
I. Study Strategies and Thinking Skills

C. Notetaking While Reading


1. SQ3R 2. PQ5R
I. Study Strategies and Thinking Skills

C. Notetaking While Reading


3. Annotating
• System of marking that includes underlining and
notations

Notation System – selecting items that goes beyond straight


lines and includes numbers, circles, stars, and written
commands such as marginal notes, questions and keywords​​
I. Study Strategies and Thinking Skills

C. Notetaking While Reading


3. Annotating
I. Study Strategies and Thinking Skills

C. Notetaking While Reading


4. Cornell Method
I. Study Strategies and Thinking Skills

C. Notetaking While Reading


5. Concept Maps and Mind Maps
6. Charts
7. Outlining
I. Study Strategies and Thinking Skills

C. Notetaking While Reading


7. Outlining
I. Study Strategies and Thinking Skills

D. Skimming and Scanning

Skimming Scanning
Reading to find main Reading what you
ideas need

E. Summarizing
II. Reading
Comprehension
II. Reading Comprehension

A. Critical Reading
1. Recognize the author's purpose or intent
2. Recognize the author's point of view or bias
3. Recognize the author's tone
4. Distinguishing fact from opinion

B. Functional Reading
➢ Readings often contain more than just words.

C. Active Reading
➢ implies not only attention paid to the text, but also consideration and response. An active
reader explores what she reads; she approaches the text as though she has entered an
unknown territory with the intention of drawing a map.
TEST TAKING STRATEGIES

1. Read to Comprehend
2. Interact with the Passage
3. Anticipate
4. Relax
5. Recall
6. Understand Major Question Types
a. Main Idea Questions
b. Detail Questions
c. Implied Meaning Questions
d. Purpose Questions
e. Vocabulary Questions
Multiple Choices and True-False Questions

1. Read all options.


2. Predict the correct answer.
3. Avoid answers with "100 percent" words
4. Consider answers with qualifying words
5. Do not overgeneralize
6. True statements must be true without exception
7. If two options are synonymous, eliminate both
8. Figure out the difference between similar options
9. Use logical reasoning when two answers are correct
10. Look suspiciously at directly quoted pompous phrases
11. Simplify double negatives by canceling out both
12. Certain responses are neither true or false
13. Validate true responses
14. Recognize flaws in test taking
- grammar, length, clues from other parts of the test, absurd ideas and emotional words

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