Remembering What You Read: SQ4R and S-RUN-R

SQ4R

SQ4R stands for the six-step process students should use to help them remember
what they have read.

Survey

Look over (skim) the books content before reading (ex. Contents page, author’s notes to student, Chapter outlines, sidebars and additional notes specific to
each chapter)

Question

Pose a question that pertains to the paragraph heading (ex. “Why was the
women’s suffragette movement so important?”)

Read

Actively read each passage thoroughly

Record

Write page numbers down to help you help locate the answers to your questions. Highlight passages, main ideas and quotes.

Recite

Repeat aloud the important information from the passage you have just read

Review

Go over your notes and re-read the chapter

Wong, Linda. Essential Study Skills. Seventh ed. Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2012. Print.

S-RUN-R

S-RUN-R is a reading/study system divided into five parts.

Survey

Skim through the chapter, pay attention to the titles and important information

Read

Do just that…read!

Underline

Read the paragraph first then go back and highlight key information you think is important for review

Notes

Put the underline/highlighted information in your own words

Review

Go back over the information from your reading and notes

VanBlerkom, Diana l. College Study Skills Becoming a Strategic Learner. Seventh ed. Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2012. Print.