[nabs-l] studying, skimming and reference material

Mon May 9 03:49:03 UTC 2011

Amy,
Same here. I use MS word to see the study guide and make my own notes after 
the material.
I use a reader the best I can with the time I have.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Amy Sabo
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 6:50 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] studying, skimming and reference material

hello ashley and all,

when i did study guides for my classes i would scan the study guide into 
kurtzwell and then copy and paste it into msword to do them. i would use my 
notes by copying and then pasting them into the studdy guide. as for looking 
for the material from the book i would use my cctvv to look them up in the 
index or the gllossary or if i couldn't use my cctv i would use a reader for 
it.

i hope this is helpful for you. take care and, i will talk to you soon.

hugs,
amy

----- Original Message -----
From: bookwormahb at earthlink.net
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Mon, 02 May 2011 04:31:32 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: [nabs-l] studying, skimming and reference material

Hi all,

College texts are full of words and examples.  Frustrating when you cannot 
skim through especially when you need the highlights for a test.

I take notes when reading.  But my notes don’t always amount to what the 
professor tells us to study for the test, if they tell us.

So what do you do when the professor has a study guide?

Some students take it and jot down the coresponding pages to the study 
topics and study those pages.

How do you use it?

Sometimes professors give a list of terms/concepts to study or a list of 
questions to guide your preparation.  My communication professor outlined on 
the board what concepts we needed to know for our final.

But here’s the thing.  I cannot skim the text or look up words.  My notes 
may or may not have them.  Even if they do, its still looking for a needle 
in a haystack when reviewing for finals!  So I’ve usually had to ask a 
reader; they act as my eyes and look in the index for the key words or skim 
for the key words or headings in the chapter.

For me, I usually use audio whenever possible. But even with e-texts, I 
cannot skim because I don’t know the exact phrase and without that the 
computer does Not know what to look for; also

it is divided in to chapters and I cannot search across chapters.

Another thing, how do you work with open book exams?

Do you have a reader there and they look up any info from the book? That is 
what I’ve done.

Again, openbook  tests let you use it as a reference tool, but that is hard 
for us.

So any tips for studying or “skimming” would be good.  How can you direct a 
reader to actually skim?  Usually they will read too much to me rather than 
just the main paragraph of the topic; generally under the main headings I 
find the introduction to the concept and smaller headings tell you 
details/examples.

Ashley

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