[nabs-l] study techniques and reading

[Serena]

Just wondering, Rania, do you also take notes in class?

Serena


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From: "Rania" <raniaismail04 at gmail.com>
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> good topic. I also miss the high school days when I had things brailled. I
> struggle to remember things too. I also look over my notes and use the 
> books
> from RFBD but like you said I can't just skip the things on the pages that
> the teacher told us not to wery about because if I go to another page then 
> I
> miss what information is on the page that I need to know. I also have
> trouble with getting the spelling of some wirds because some times when 
> the
> spelling of a wird is in the book it is spelled to fast and other wirds 
> are
> not spelled at all. I try to make up my own study guides if I know what is
> going to be on the test and try to make up my own test questions. Another
> thing I do is I record the class and play it back and I even have a friend
> quiz me on the material. Any other tips will be helpful.
> Rania,
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
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> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:07 AM
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>
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I may have asked a similar question; but with new people here there may 
>> be
>> more ideas.  As a student with lots of dense matterial to learn and
>> multiple classes its overwelming.  I miss the high school days when I had
>> braille texts and audio books from RFB; I used both and this made me
>> retain info better.  Right now to study and read matterial I do this:
>> 1. Take notes while reading.  If with a reader, ask them to highlight 
>> some
>> info and I can review the highlights later with a reader.  Repetition
>> helps.
>> 2. I read over notes.
>> 3. I go over the points in the summary if the text has one as well as 
>> bold
>> words with a reader; my reader skims for them.
>> 4. Occassionally the text has a website with practice questions.  If
>> accessible, I'll use it.
>>
>> The challenges i face without seeing and the benefit of skimming are 
>> many.
>> First I cannot look up concepts independently.  What if I forget 
>> something
>> and wish to look it up since its unclear in my notes, I can't do this.
>> For instance today I wanted to look up family systems in my abnormal 
>> child
>> psychology book.
>> Second, I don't know how to spell some words.  I try and ask a reader as
>> we go along or if electronic text, listen to it, and copy.  But since i'm
>> focussed on the matterial, sometimes i forget.  Third, tables and charts
>> are challenging.  Sometimes my readers read it well.  Depends on the
>> complexity; those with boxes and arrows are harder than reading tables
>> with text in columns.
>> Fourth, unless I'm reading with someone live its harder to skip over
>> irrelevant info.  Texts can be redundant giving you multiple research
>> studies for the same thing.  So I read all of it taking longer.  A 
>> sighted
>> student will skim and skip for highlights.  I consider myself a good
>> student and wish to do well.  But it takes longer doing it auditorily and
>> that can be annoying.
>>
>> So any ideas you have for study and remembering would be good to know.
>>
>> Ashley
>>
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