[nabs-l] studying, skimming and reference material

[Kirt Manwaring]

To all,
  As is often the case, I find myself echoing Mike here.  Readers seem
like they're the best option, from my experience.  If it's an etext,
I'll usually just speed jaws up and listen-not as reliable as a reader
and I've been known to hit down arrow/page down until it sounds like
it's talking about what I need...but hey, it works.  Kind of.  Also, I
don't know if you use daisy books but, if you do, bookmarks are
lifesavers.  But nothing beats a human reader.

On 5/8/11, bookwormahb at earthlink.net <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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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