You read the material numerous times, and re-read it as much as necessary so that you can get completely familiar to the topics and the words inside the material.


R-Repetition 

 Here, the repetitive reading that you have done again and again will create over learning of the material to the extent that if you do forget some of it, that part will be minimal.



O- Over Learning

For effective study habits make sure your summary is short and straight to the point.


S- Summarization

This is essentially a follow up step to the last step but you should enumerate the major points in a linear manner with the most important information first. 


E-Enumeration

Devise Mnemonics for important ideas and principles. This is to help your immediate recall and reutilization of such ideas.


M-Mnemonics

Apply the information you have read to your personal life to make it more memorable so that you understand it.


A-Application

The revision stage of the ROSEMARY study technique involves systematically reviewing all the learning material and study steps completed up to this point to reinforce understanding and improve long-term retention.

ROSEMARY Technique: Revision

This is another very useful study method and is most suitable for studying large and difficult materials. This method is used in higher institutions of learning and calls for distributed learning and distributed practice.


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This type of study/reading habit is the most important one as it is the most optimal at consuming and storing knowledge. Researchers have come up with several different methods that yield the desired outcome in a learning situation. These techniques include the SQ3R technique and the Rosemary technique. 


Concentration 

Ogbodo, R. O. (2011). Effective study habits in educational sector: Counselling implications. Edo Journal of Counselling, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.4314/ejc.v3i2.63610 

Effective Study Habits

S- Stands for Survey which essentially means having a quick overview of the contents, chapters, going through headlines and subheadings to the end in order to have a general impression of the written material.


SQ3R Technique ( S part )


Q- stands for question
 In this part of the technique the reader should formulate questions based on the broad ideas that they grasped from the survey part. 


SQ3R Technique ( Q part )

R1- Means Read
 In this part the reader should read the passage carefully to pick out answers to the questions that were formulated. In the course of the reading, one has to look for answers to the questions formulated in the Q part. 


SQ3R Technique (  R1 part )


R2 means recite- In this part, the reader should try their best to recite everything that they remember from the reading. The ability to successfully do this demonstrates good understanding of the passage. Students should be encourage to recite the facts several times. 



SQ3R Technique ( R2 part )


R3- Means Review or Revise- As the reader comes to the end of the steps above they should go over the passage for better and more permanent understanding of the passage read. They should attempt to answer the questions they formulated in step two. 


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