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FAST AND EFFICIENT TEXT TO MIND LEARNING An essential skill for finding information. Learning at the speed of light. WHY MEANING SEARCHES? The problem is trying to find the meaning. Having to read through too much unimportant material to get what you need. It's hard to retain the important ideas when you are reading so many diverting thoughts. It's hard to decide what is important. Finding the answer should not be so painful. LEARNING The first priority is to prepare the mind for future learning. A lesser priority is to wander through the books hoping something will turn out to be useful. PETERSON MEANING SEARCHES SEARCHING FOR MEANING SEARCHING FOR FACTS SEARCHING FOR IDEAS SEARCHING FOR SUPPORT OF IDEAS? Q. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY OF FINDING INFORMATION? Q. WHAT IS THE FASTEST WAY TO FIND INFORMATION? Q. WHAT IS THE FASTEST WAY TO BUILD COMPREHENSION? A. Peterson Meaning Searches. --------------- LEARNING WITH COMPUTER SEARCHES YOU DECIDE THE QUESTION OR MAIN IDEA You stay in control of your search. The computer does the hard work. Finds the pages you want. The computer will find the place to stop. It will stop on the words you are seeking. It replaces some of the time using an index. --------------------------- THE RESULT IS A FASTER ACCUMULATION OF MEANINGS Searching allows you to narrow the topic you want to learn. Knowledge builds quickly and becomes a body of knowledge. Understanding multiplies. Improves with each stop. You get to swallow before you choke on too many ideas. --------------------------------- MORE ACCURATE MEANINGS Seeing multiple uses of the words define the word. Additional stops re-define and re-define. Possible definitions grow. Conclusions are more likely to be correct. The topic is discussed in different contexts. The topic is presented in slightly different ways. Searches keep you on target. Searches limit diversion to other thoughts. Searches may discover closely related thoughts or disagreements. ---------------------------- WHY NOT USE AN INDEX? Time lost on other topics of interest. Time loss while turning pages. Overwriting your original purpose. ------------------------- WHY NOT RELY ON A SURVEY? The survey presents too many subjects at once. Many prefaces present opposing arguments as well. Preface may require too much prior knowledge. Too many balls to juggle at the same time. --------------------------- WHY NOT USE THE GLOSSARY? Definitions are usually too short. Most definitions don't have enough information to meet your need. Most glossaries are written in a confusing linear style. Glossaries require knowledge of other vocabulary. The glossary may not build from your knowledge base. --------------------------------- FAQ SEARCHES VS SCANNING Q. Why shouldn't you scan on the internet? A. You may miss the most important sections. Use searches instead. Q. Why spend so much time trying to discover the main idea? Q. Why spend time trying to determine the right questions? A. Our guide phrases give the "main ideas" to the student as a clue for searching. When you search the main idea or a question you quickly discover the supporting data on many sides of a question. Q. Students will need to be able to formulate their own questions at some point. Q. How do they learn to do this? A. Each search word or phrase is a question looking for an answer. A. Students become more demanding. Students become accustomed to having their needs met. --------------------------------- PETERSON MEANING SEARCHES ARE A PRACTICAL USAGE OF COMPUTERS SEARCHES ARE MUCH QUICKER THAN TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT PAGE. PETERSON MEANING SEARCHES Designed to save time. Improve comprehension and memory. Designed to speed up learning of large curriculums. Searching will speed your learning about any business. Searching will quickly add to the word meanings and contexts now stored in your mind. Improve your understanding of the contexts. Improve your memory of the contents. ---------------------------- HOW TO USE MEANING SEARCH 555 Select keywords. 5 minutes Search articles. Write 2 words on a memory pattern each time the cursor finds a search word. 5 minutes Do a tell-back to someone or a tape recorder. 5 minutes Do a fast-write or ewriting page. Repeat 555 Continue to do Meaning Search 555's in new material or select other keywords to search the same material . --------------- TO SEARCH IN WORD Click on EDIT ask for Find. Type in your word choice. Click Find next. Start over with each keyword. TO SEARCH IN WORD PERFECT Press F2. Type in your word Press F2 again. After each find or stop write two words On a memory pattern. Move on every 10 TO 15 seconds. Write two word pairs on the memory until you write 70 or 80 pairs of words. Stop after 5 minutes. Do an oral tell back for 5 minutes Do a fast-write or ewrite for 5 minutes. Repeat the 5 5 5 procedures with different meaning search words if you want more details. ----------------------- CAN YOU LEARN FASTER? CAN YOU LEARN MORE PER MINUTE? CAN YOU REMEMBER MORE? Discussion WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE SMARTER? BE MORE INTERESTING? DO YOU KNOW ENOUGH TO BE INTERESTED OR INTERESTING? --------------------------- WHY DO YOU STUDY? What do you want? Original information? Supporting information? All the information? You have choices. Q. When do you search the same material for more detail? A. How about a George Washington search? Did you gain enough on the first search? Will you really learn or gain a lot more if you make an additional search for Hamilton? Do you need to search for John Adams as well? Ask yourself. Did I get enough? Did I get wrong ideas? Am I confused? Is this the best use of your time? Did it really fulfill your need? Would spending an equal time in more new material tell you more? You just did a Meaning Search of 3000 to 10,000 words in the first five minutes. Much faster than plodding through those words at 50 to 500 words per minute. Did it meet your goals? Do you want to study 5 times longer to get the same answers? Don't slow down for the brain. It is light years ahead of you already. ----------------- Comments by users. "I didn't find much more on additional searches. "I didn't need any more". "I knew I could quickly get more if I wanted it". ------------------------ EDUCATIONAL STARVATION Are you missing out on educational nourishment? Are you limiting educational nourishment and feedback? Join our high speed "training table diet". Maximize your future opportunities. Your mind is just beginning to reach it's potential for learning and excitement. ------------------ ARE YOU MISSING OUT? One alternative is to download and save several encyclopedia articles. Save the articles in one large file. Select the desired search words. Use 555 Meaning Searches to find supporting information. ---------------------- PETERSON MEMORY SEARCHES FOR RESEARCH Searches An an essential computer literacy. A time-saving way to learn part of the research habit. Faster ways to find the information. Memory procedures to remember the material. The Searches suggest several trigger words simplified directions and instructions. Triggers are essential steps to start the "evaluation" process. Searching limits some of the visual distractions of perusing an encyclopedia. Goal: Reduce to time to find where common information is located. Goal: Complete the task and write the papers before too many distractions put off the completion of the research. Goal: Learn the skill of assembling multi-source material and reorganizing it into coherent form. After the students have mastered these preliminary steps they can move onto making more searches of other materials. |
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