The preface, introduction, and table of contents of a book.

The length of time that attention is typically sustained.

The process of practicing and learning material to transfer it into memory.

Formal techniques used to make material more readily remembered.

A word or phrase formed by the first letters of a series of terms.

A sentence in which the first letters of the words correspond to the material that is to be remembered.

A memory technique by which images are formed to recall material.

Studying and rehearsing material past the point of initial mastery to the point of which recall becomes automatic.

Learning Disabilities

Difficulties in processing information when listening, speaking, reading, or writing, characterized by a discrepancy between learning potential and actual academic achievement.

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.

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SSkills Chapter 5

Question	Answer
Frontmatter	The preface, 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.
Acronym	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 the material that is to be remembered.
Visualization	A memory technique by which images are formed to recall material.
Overlearning	Studying and rehearsing material past the point of initial mastery to the point of which recall becomes automatic.
Learning Disabilities	Difficulties in processing information when listening, speaking, reading, or writing, characterized by a discrepancy between learning potential and actual academic achievement.
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.

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