SPS Speech Box
Retaining information:
When you read a passage of text it is useful to employ visualisation to help you retain the information. A strategy for this process is the RIDER strategy.
Read the passage
Image – create an image in your mind to represent the key points of the passage
Describe – your images
Evaluate – have you covered the key points
Repeat – read, image and describe it again to ensure the information is retained.
Formulating a picture in your mind about the information provides you with an additional prompt for the information you have read.
Describing the information ensures you have remembered the information.
Evaluating and Repeating the task encourages you to check in with what you have recorded. Have you got all the key points? Did you need to add anything to your image? This type of checking in is a great learning strategy.