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The SQ3R Process
"S" = Survey: Before you actually read a chapter, take five minutes to survey the material.
"Q" = Question:Create interest in the material by asking: What are the main points of the chapter?
"R" = Read: Read the chapter actively for meaning.
"R" = Recite: After every few pages, try to recall basic details as to the author's intent by putting them in your own words.
"R" = Review: Review the chapter every so often to fix the material in your mind.
Review Your Material!
After reading a section, try to recall the information contained in it. Try answering the questions you made up for that section. If you cannot recall enough, re-read portions you had trouble remembering. The more time you spend studying, the more you tend to recall. Even after the point where information can be pe rfectly recalled, further study makes the material less likely to be forgotten entirely. In other words, you can't overstudy. However, how you organize and integrate new information is still more important than how much time you spend studying.

Stay on the offensive!
Attack! Get actively involved with the text as you read. Ask yourself, "What is important to remember about this section?" Take notes or underline key concepts. Discuss the material with others in your class. Study together. Stay on the offensive, e specially with material that you don't find interesting, rather than reading passively and missing important points.


News Zone
Microsoft to Raise Exam Pricing
Starting Jan. 4, 2002, U.S. pricing for Microsoft exams through Prometric and VUE testing centers will increase 25 percent, to $125. Microsoft's exam pricing hasn't changed in about seven years. More...

Cisco Changes Exam Pricing
Effective November 1, 2001, the price for all exams which begin with #640-XXX and #9E0-XXX, except #640-509, will be US$125 in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. The price for the Foundation exam (#640-509) will be US$250 in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. At this time, no other regions nor other exams, including the CCIE qualifying exams and CCIE recertification exams, will be affected.

New Router Designed For Metro Areas
Cisco Systems' newly unveiled networking hardware is designed to dive further into the fast-growing market of metropolitan area networks to allow service providers to offer more sophisticated Internet-based services. More...

Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator Officially Unveiled
Microsoft has finally confirmed what customers have been expecting for weeks about its new systems administrator's title: The now officially named Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator title will require passing scores on four exams. More... 		Industry Leaders Join to Accelerate Adoption of Speech/HTML Interaction
A broad group of technology leaders today announced its commitment to develop a royalty-free, platform-independent standard that will make possible multimodal and telephony-enabled access to information, applications and Web services from PCs, telephones, tablet PCs and wireless personal digital assistants (PDAs). More...

Microsoft Rescinds Retirement of NT 4.0 MCSE Track
In a significant announcement made late Wednesday, Microsoft is no longer retiring the certifications of those who obtained their MCSE title under the NT 4.0 track. More...

iGeneration and Prosoft Training Merge Internet Certification Programs
iGeneration and ProsoftTraining recently announced the merger of the iCP (iGeneration Certified Professional) and CIW (Certified Internet Webmaster) certification programs. No two organizations have had more experience in identifying and developing Internet technology job roles and building certification programs and products to meet the growing global human capital requirements for people with Internet skills. More...