SQ3R Strategies with Kurzweil 3000

SQ3R Strategies with Kurzweil 3000













SQ3R
Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review
Active reading requires thinking about text, activating background knowledge, making
connections, taking notes, reviewing notes, rereading text and testing your newly acquired
knowledge. SQ3R is a proven systematic strategy for actively reading text with a goal for
improved reading comprehension and retention of learned information.



Kurzweil 3000
Kurzweil 3000 is an integrated scan and read software program that provides multisensory access
to reading material and tools for reading, writing, test-taking and learning. Research has shown
that text-to-speech technology is most effective when combined with explicit instruction in
comprehension and study strategies (MacArthur et al., 2001;Engstrom, 2004;Pisha&O’Neill,
2003). Kurzweil 3000 is a technology tool provides a digital environment for implementing
proven leaning strategies and accessing the general education curriculum. Kurzweil 3000 is
designed in accordance with the principles of Universal Design for Learning, providing multiple
means of representation, expression and engagement in an effort to support all students with tools
that are necessary for some, but beneficial for all. Kurzweil 3000 can be used as a tool to
differentiate learning and instruction for individual students, in small facilitated groups, or as part
of whole-class strategy instruction.




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Step 1 S: Survey

SQ3R
Kurzweil 3000
What to use…
Strategies
Tools to support strategies

Preview the entire text ! Text to speech technology to
Main toolbar: Read button
Selection.
correctly read text selections


aloud, model fluent reading, and
Look at the general
support difficulties with decoding.
structure of the text:
o Adjustable Reading Speed

• Title
o Choice of Reading Voices
• Introductory

Reading Toolbar:
Paragraphs

Reading Speed and
• Headings

Reading Voice buttons
• Subheadings


• Concluding

Paragraphs



• Charts



• Graphs
! Word Study tools available to
Main toolbar: Dictionary
• Pictures
ensure understanding of new
(Adult, Children’s, Foreign
• Captions
vocabulary words and support
Language and Picture) and
• Key
reading comprehension.
Synonym buttons, which are
Vocabulary
o Dictionary
part of the Word Attack tools.
• Review
o Thesaurus
(Picture Dictionary also
Questions
o Picture Dictionary
available.)



This provides the big

picture or gist of the

text, providing

opportunities to think



about what the text is


about before beginning ! Highlighters or Circle Tools for
Study skills toolbar:
a thorough reading.
highlighting/circling key text
Highlighter (teacher-selected
structures before thoroughly
color code) and Circle
reading the text.

o Different colors of
highlighters can be used
to indicate specific text

structures.










! Read by Unit:
Reading Toolbar:
o Headings
Reading Unit button
o Highlight





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Step 2 Q: Question

SQ3R
Kurzweil 3000
What to use…
Strategies
Tools to support strategies

Turn each heading into • Sticky Notes can be used to insert Study skills toolbar:
a question.
questions/notes about the text.
Sticky Note
• Who
They are brightly colored and
• What
standout when reading the text.
• Why


• When
OR

• How


• Where
To support students by modeling the
Study skills toolbar:
• List…
strategy:
Bubble Note
• Name…
• Bubble Notes can be pre-inserted


by a teacher. They are used to
This gives you a
embed comprehension questions,
reason to focus your
clarify information, etc. Answers

attention on the text
can be written, saved, and

when reading it by
extracted for teacher or student

looking for answers to
use with Extract Annotations.

your self-generated


questions.
• Writing Tools can be used to
Write toolbar:

support the writing of test
Spell check and
Begin to guess what
questions in Sticky Notes:
Word prediction buttons
the answers might be
o Speak as Typing

and make predictions.
o Speaking Spell Check

o Word Prediction
Do NOT create



“yes/no” questions.



Create open-ended


questions that
Note:
Study skills toolbar
encourage you to
• Extract Annotations feature can
Or File Menu
really think about the
be used to extract any/all of your
Extract Annotations
topic.
notes and highlights and create a


new text document that can be
used later to record answers or
study for tests.





• Tile Vertically feature can be
Tile Vertically
used to look at the textbook and
your Sticky Note questions side-
by-side. Later, answers to
questions can be typed or
dragged-and-dropped into the
question document.


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Step 3 R: Read

SQ3R
Kurzweil 3000
What to use…
Strategies
Tools to support strategies

Read the entire text
! Text to speech technology to
Main toolbar: Read button
one section at a time.
correctly read text selections


aloud, model fluent reading, and
Focus on finding
support difficulties with decoding
answers to the


Questions you


developed.
! Word Study tools available to
Main toolbar: Dictionary

ensure understanding of new
(Adult, Children’s, Foreign
Note important details
vocabulary words and support
Language and Picture) and
and relationships as
reading comprehension.
Synonym buttons, which are
you read.
o Dictionary
part of the Word Attack tools.

o Thesaurus
(Picture Dictionary also
Revise questions or
o Picture Dictionary
available.)
add new questions


based on your reading.









! Highlighters or Circle Tools for
Study skills toolbar:
indicating key ideas, supporting
Highlighter (teacher-selected
details, answers to questions. Be
color code) and Circle
sure to read the entire section of

text first, then go back and make
informed decisions about what to
highlight or circle.

o Different colors of

highlighters/circles can be
used to indicate specific
categories of text selection.

(e.g. Green-Topic and

concluding sentences,

Yellow=Key Ideas,

Pink=examples, evidence and

elaborations, Blue=new

vocabulary)



! Writing Tools can be used to
Write toolbar:
support the writing of test
Spell check and Word
questions in Sticky Notes:
prediction buttons
o Speak as Typing

o Speaking Spell Check
o Word Prediction





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Step 4 R2: Recite


SQ3R
Kurzweil 3000
What to use…
Strategies
Tools to support strategies

Answer questions.
! Writing Tools can be used to
Write toolbar:

support the writing of answers to
Spell check and Word
Cover your reading
test questions in Foot Notes:
prediction buttons
text and just focus on
o Speak as Typing

answering your
o Speaking Spell Check
questions – state
o Word Prediction
answers from memory.






Reread any
! Footnote tool for writing answers Study skills toolbar:
information related to
to your self-generated questions.
Footnote button
questions you can’t
The content of Footnotes is
answer.
hidden until the footnote is

opened. Footnotes appear as
Summarize
numbered boxes within the text.


Information.



OR


• Voice note tool can be used to
Study skills toolbar: Voice
insert a recording of your own
button
voice reciting answers to your
questions.





Note: Microphone is needed to

record voice notes.
OR



Study skills toolbar
• Extract Annotations feature can
be used to extract the sticky notes
Or File Menu
and put them into a new
Extract Annotations
document. This document can be
printed.




• Tile Vertically feature can be
Window ->Tile Vertically
used to look at the textbook and
your Sticky Note questions side-
by-side. Later, answers to
questions can be typed or
dragged-and-dropped into the
question document.





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Step 5 R3: Review


SQ3R
Kurzweil 3000
What to do…
Strategies
Tools to support strategies

Review/Study Notes
! Create a study guide using
Study skills toolbar
for retention of
Extract Annotations feature.
or File Menu
information.
This allows you to extract the
Extract Annotations:

sticky notes and footnotes put

Make sure you can
them into a new document to be

answer all questions.
used later.


Try to recall main
OR

points of the text.



• Create an outline by using

Look over highlighted
Extract Annotations to extract

headings and questions
highlighted notes with topics and

and see if you can
supporting details.

remember the answers.




The more time you
Option:
Window -> Tile Vertically
spend reviewing, the
! Tile Vertically feature can be
better able you will be
used to look at the textbook on
to remember the
one side and your extracted Study
information.
guide with Sticky Note Questions

and Footnote Answers on the

other side. This can be helpful for
reviewing the text and notes.





! Re-Read any sections of text for
Main toolbar: Read button
further reinforcement.






For detailed instructions on how to use any of the Kurzweil 3000 features
mentioned above, please refer to the Kurzweil 3000 “Help Menu” or to your
Kurzweil 3000 Foundations Participant Workbook.

Note: Kurzweil 3000 can be used to read tests aloud to students when they
are required to demonstrate their understanding of curriculum content. It is
also a powerful word processor with tools to support students through all
stages of the writing process so that they can successfully express their
knowledge through writing.
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