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Devising Flash Cards
Making Visual Mappings
Making Hierarchies
Making Matrixes
Drawing Time Lines
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1. Prepare the flash cards 2. Make general category flash cards 3. Make definition flash cards 4. Study by reciting from the front and the back sides. 5. Use reflect activities by sorting, grouping, and summarizing 6. Use ongoing review
How do I make and use Flash cards?
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Provide you with a visual picture of key ideas covered in the material.
What does Visual Mapping do?
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Form of visual mapping in which information is arranged in levels of importance from top down.
What is a Visual Hierarchy?
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Charts usesd to compare or contrast 2 or more subjects.
What is a Matrix?
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A visual representation of a series of events in chronological order.
What is a timeline?
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category on front and related terms (vocab) on back
How do I make General Category Flash Cards?
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1. A paragraph 2. A topic or a subject 3. Lecture Notes 4. Information to review for test
What are uses for Visual Maps?
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1. Write level one information (the topic) on the top line of the hierarchy. 2. Draw lines downward from the topic to show level two information (the main ideas) 3. Under each main idea, branch downward again for level three information (major details). 4. Add level four information (minor details) under the major details if needed
How do I create a visual Hierarchy?
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1.Identify the number of subjects to be compared or contrasted. Write one subject on each row. 2.Identify the cateories of information to be discussed. Write one category at the top of each column. 3. Complete the matrix by writing key words in each box where columns and rows intersect.
How do you make a Matrix?
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1.Select appropriately sized paper for your time line. 2.Draw a horizontal line and lavel it with dates. 3.Write events above their dates.
What are the steps in creating a Time Line?
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Terms on front. Definitions on back.
How do I make Definition Flash Cards?
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1. Write the topic in the center of your paper 2. Write the main ideas or the main headings; use lines to connect the to the topic. 3. Add major details to support the main ideas. 4. Add any necessary minor details
What are the 4 steps in Creating Visual Mappings?
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1.Name and visualize the topic, the subjects in the rows, and the categories across the top of the matrix. 2.Recite information by moving across the rows or down the columns. Get feedback. 3.Use reflect activites. 4.Use ongoing review.
How do I study from Matrixes?
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1.Make a set of study flash cards as you look at the time line. 2.Cover up the bottom half of the time line. Recite dates. 3.Cover up the top half of the time line. Recite dates. 4.Make written or verbal summaries. 5.Use ongoing review.
How do I Study From a Time Line?
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Examples showing how the word is used in sentences Page number word appears in Words parts Correct pronunciation
What else can Definition cards include?
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1. Look intently (stare) at your visual mapping until you think you have it in your memory. 2. Close your eyes or look away. Visualize and recite the topic. 3. Visualize and recite each main idea. Check you accuracy. 4. Visualize one main idea at a time. Reite the details. Check your accuracy. 5. Use reflect activities. 6. Use ongoing review.
How do I study from Mappings?
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1. Shuffle vocab cards. Sort into categories. 2. Select one category. Lay cards in category word-side up. Try to give a verbal or written summary using all the words on the cards. (Great for Essays)
What is one method for studying with vocabulary cards?