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chapter 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Advance organizers | outlines, overviews, objectives, and other clues to the meaning and organization of new material in what you are reading, which pave the way for subsequent learning |
| Frontmatter | The preference, introduction, and table of contents of a book |
| Attention span | the length of time that attention is typically sustained |
| rehearsal | the process of practicing and learning material to transfer it into memory |
| mnemonics | formal techniques used to make material more readily remembered |
| acronyms | a word or phrase formed by the first letters of a series of terms |
| acrostic | a sentence in which the first letters of the words correspond to material that is to be remembered |
| visualization | a memory technique by which images are formed to help recall material |
| over learning | studying and rehearsing material past the point of initial mastery to the point where recall becomes automatic |
| learning disabilities | difficulties from processing information when listening, speaking, reading, or writing, characterized by a discrepancy between learning potential and actual academic achievement |