Summarizing is writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information. The effectiveness of this strategy depends on how it is used. One effective way is to write sentences after each paragraph is read.
1. How
to summarize: A summary is a shorter version of a longer piece
of writing. A summary is useful when gathering information during research.
A summary should be expressed in your own words.
2. Summarizing from Spatt: Spatt a student at the University of Texas in Austin, defines summarizing as an essential condensation in your own words. Summarizing tells what the author is really saying. A summary remains faithful to the author's interpretation. A summary does not agree with or critique the author's opinion.
3. Learning tip #33: Summarizing strategies help students monitor understanding, clarify thinking, and strengthen learning. This information comes a mother of two Joyce Melton, the president of Kidbids.
4. Summary paragraph: When writing an essay, the last paragraph is called a conclusion, which is the summary paragraph. This paragraph gives a synopsis of the entire essay in a few short sentences.
5. How to summarize an article: The main objective to summarizing an article is to use your own words. When summarizing an article, you just list the facts, not your own thoughts or feelings.
6. Quia Quiz by Stephanie Smith: This site includes a quiz on "Cognitive Theories of Learning Basic Concepts" chapter six of Robert E. Slavin's book Educational Psychology.
Created by Penny LeeGrand
for PSY 306 01
FALL 2000
last updated October 9, 2000