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General Purpose Study Strategies
This topic focuses on study strategies. When studying, most people use a combination of selection and rehearsal strategies. The term "strategies" is used to refer to a group of tactics that people use to help them learn. Several tactics are combined to form your study strategy. Selection strategies are used to determine what is the most important information in a body of material. That important information can later be rehearsed until it is understood and remembered. Common selection strategies include underlining and highlighting. Rehearsal strategies are methods of reviewing material. Common rehearsal strategies are using notes, flash cards, paraphrasing, and summarizing. Other strategies are metacognitive in nature, allowing the learner to think about what the best study methods (tactics) are for a given type of material. Your study strategies are probably combinations of several strategies including motivational strategies. As you progress through this chapter, think about how you have used these strategies, and what type of material each strategy could be best used to learn.
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