Does+summarizing+help+a+student+remember+small+details?-+Kayla,+Summer,+Matt,+Zech,+Maly

Kayla Jones , Summer Schulte , Zech Busch , Matthew Shipp, Malachi Sparks

Question: Does summarizing help a person remember the small details? One group of people will summarize and then take the test. Then another group of people will not summarize and take the test. We will compare the results afterwards. Requirements: Six Students

Activity: The first group will read the text. Now to summarize what the text is about the group needs to summarize with at least 5-7 sentences for the topic What are Tornadoes and Where do Tornadoes happen?. When you are done put the summary away and take a copy of the test. The other group will also read the same text and will NOT summarize. Then they will take the test. We will compare the results to see if summarizing helps a person remember what they’ve read.

Test Questions: 1. What is a tornado? Answer: A violent, twisting, sucking wind. 2. Where do tornadoes happen? Answer: United States, Australia, Mexico, Canada, parts of Russia, central Asia, Japan, Italy and the rest of Europe. 3.What are tornadoes known as? Answer: Funnel Clouds 4.Where do tornadoes begin? Answer: They appear inside thunderclouds. 5. What is it called when an area gets the most tornadoes? Answer: Tornado Alley <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. How many more tornadoes do the United States get than any other country? Answer: 1,000

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Results: The three people who summarized got a 5/ 6, a 6/6 and another 6/6. The three people who didn’t summarize got a 3/6,