Ali Oncel
March 15, 2010
Name of the selected paper: The reading
formula that helped win World War II
Summary: Army personnel, during War II, needed some specific courses to enhance their skills in many ways. Therefore, some courses, dense and condensed, were planned to increase their skills of reading to more easily understand technical information and their retention. Robinson, who is member of psychology department, Ohio University, was selected to train military personnel through a new approach of effective reading. He first examined presently used reading methods, and recognized former methods were failure for enhancing skills of both comprehension and retention. His research on former methods of reading methods resulted in a new reading formula, SQ3R that is still used today. In the formula, Survey is simply an overview of the material that might cause raising some Questions. A careful Reading seems to be a feedback of Questions while Recite is a way of checking availability (of left over or residual within mind) caused by former steps. Review, the final step, means to check (entire former steps) to finalize the studied materials. SQ3R, tested and proved during the World War II, has been found to be supportive as an active reading strategy that is being initiated two actions of a quick inspection (Surveying and Questioning) prior to double ways of digesting materials such as reading and recycling. Finally, reviewing is the last way of checking rate of final comprehension. In result, Robinson’s SQ3R method has been used since ever due to the fact it increased the learning skills of veterans and other adults. As a part of Veterans Day, American soldiers, Francis Robinson, and other educators deserve to be appreciated all together since the victim during War II is more associated to the victory of enhanced knowledge than used weapons.
- Haphazard ▸ adjective: characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.
E.S.P: Robinson conducted studies of the student’s reading skills and found that they approached their reading using unsystematic, haphazard methods that failed to lead to good comprehension.
M.O.S: Many people who are victims of haphazard teaching approaches will find their enhancement as well as their enthusiasm for learning new subjects reduced.
- Endure: ▸ Verb: to continue to exist; last: These words will endure as long as people live who love freedom.
E.S.P: After reviewing research and approaches to effective study skills, Robinson came up with a formula for reading and study that has endured for 60 years.
M.O.S: Companies should expect to endure economic recession until the end of 2010.
- Pursuit: ▸ noun: the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture ("The culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit")
E.S.P: It has helped hundreds of thousands of veterans using the GI Bill and innumerable other adults succeed in their pursuit of high school, college, and other academic or technical degrees.
M.O.S: Career success is a result of the long-term pursuit of working hard
- Mighty: ▸ adjective: having or showing great strength or force or intensity ("Struck a mighty blow")
E.S.P: The thousands of other reading educators who contributed to victory through the power of a force mightier than any weapon – the power of literacy!
M.O.S: The more people are
mightier the more peace is being endured.
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