M.U.R.D.E.R By: Laney Keough

History of M.U.R.D.E.R Created by Donald F. Dansereau Was Developed in 1979 Dansereau tested M.U.R.D.E.R by testing people that were only trained on this for 6 hours and they did 34 percent better than the untrained group.

M- Mood While studying having a positive attitude will increase you’re potential to get more done. This is because you will not hate studying and put it off Also there will be less distractions for you, like you won’t want your room mate to distract you.

U- Understand While first reading make sure to mark anything you don’t understand you will do this in the digest step Anything you don’t understand you should clarify by using context clues. It is encouraged to consult dictionaries as a last resort.

R- Recall In this step you are instructed to to recall information and transform it using one or both of the sub strategies. Sub strategies Paraphrase-imagery In this step you want to summarize in your own words and draw up mental pictures An example of this would be the area of influence vs the area of concern.

Recall (continued) Substrategie Networking In this strategy the student is trying to link the material they learn to material that has already been learned or other materials that were learned in the chapter. A way to do this would be using the CC web chart or other skeleton diagrams.

Digest Marking words, sentences, or even paragraphs that do not make since to you. This makes it easier for the Understand part of the system. An example of this would be in readings when you can not use context clues to figure out a certain word, or even when studying for a test

Expand In this portion of the system you ask three kinds of questions and give an answer. Questions to ask If you could talk to the author, what sorts of questions or criticisms would you raise? How can the material be applied? How could you make the material more understandable and interesting to others?

Expand (cont.) By asking the first question it makes you think about what the reading was about, and what can be learned from it By asking the second question you are helping the material be processed into your long term memory by applying the reading to everyday life experiences By asking the third question you are making the reading simpler and easier to understand.

Review In this step you are trying to find errors that you made through out your studying. This will help because it will make you more aware of what you need to work on, so next time you will be able to study a lot easier.

MURDER Cycle Mood Digest Understand Recall Expand Review

How it relates to what we have already learned Many of the processes that are used in MURDER, are the same processes that are used in SQ4R, but in more simpler terms Also of the the processes ask you to relate some of the material that you are learning to everyday life. Which helps with processing the information into your long term memory.

Works Cited Works Cited Hayes, John R. The Complete Problem Solver. Philadelphia: The Frankin Institute, 1981. Landsberger, Joe. "M.U.R.D.E.R" a Study System. 1 Jan 1996. 28 Oct 2008 http://www.studygs.net/index.htm.