SQ3R is the most useful thing I learned in Module 4. SQ3R is a reading strategy formed from its letters: Skim – Question – Read – Recite – Review
In the past, I would skim and read. But I have not been regularly asking and writing down questions. Nor have I been answering the questions after reading, or reviewing and clarifying my notes. If I begin to incorporate the steps to Question, Recite, and Review, I am confident the SQ3R approach will help me to take better notes and gain more from my reading.
I enjoyed trying different tools. I thought Timetoast, the tool to create timelines, was fun to use. I used it to make a timeline of my mother’s life for my genealogy website.
In chapter 5.3 of the College Success text, strategies for special types of texts were explained. I currently use these strategies, not only for reading Social Sciences texts as a student but also for genealogy research. I often read history books to obtain information about the times and places of my ancestors. The more I learn, the more I see the different perspectives and how important it is to seek out different sources and to understand the author and his or her agenda. That is why it is important for a genealogist to read as many primary source documents as possible, to obtain firsthand accounts of the events from multiple sources.