[nabs-l] study techniques and reading

[Rania]

yes I do even tho they don't make much sence because i have a difficult time 
trying to write down what the teacher is saying and sometimes everything the 
teacher tells us is important but I miss other information that I need only 
because I am still trying to make notes on what she said earlyer.
Rania,
Rania,
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> Just wondering, Rania, do you also take notes in class?
>
> Serena
>
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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
>> Subject: [nabs-l] study techniques and reading
>>
>>
>>> 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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