The SQ3R method

In How to Teach Anything: Break Down Complex Topics and Explain with Clarity, While Keeping Engagement and Motivation I learned about the SQ3R method, wherein “American educator Francis P. Robinson developed a method meant to help students really get the most comprehension from the texts they’re assigned—and, ergo, the subject they’re studying. Robinson sought a way to make reading more active, helping readers by creating dynamic engagement with books so the information stuck in their minds.”:

  • survey
  • question
  • read
  • recite
  • review

Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono

So I’m reading Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono. For my later reference, the hats are:

WHITE HAT
neutral and objective, concerned with facts and figures
RED HAT
the emotional view
YELLOW HAT
sunny and positive
BLACK HAT
careful and cautious
GREEN HAT
associated with fertile growth, creativity, and new ideas
BLUE HAT
cool, the color of the sky, above everything else-the organizing hat