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Q&A In a "learn to do X" book, should a section review come before the quiz / exercises or after?

The review will have different purposes - and should be written differently - for each of these places. If it is just after you have read the chapter, then it should be summing up all of the major ...

posted 12y ago by Schroedingers Cat‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:24:17Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Schroedingers Cat‭ · 2019-12-08T02:24:17Z (over 4 years ago)
The review will have different purposes - and should be written differently - for each of these places. If it is just after you have read the chapter, then it should be summing up all of the major issues in the chapter, a way of setting in your mind the critical parts, as a starter to the quiz, which should then help them to use this.

If it is after the chapter, then it should be a briefer summary - the reader has done the exercises, and probably knows the core of the chapter. This should be key concepts or ideas that they need to have before moving on.

So which do you want to do? Put the material appropriately.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2012-05-30T15:07:59Z (almost 12 years ago)
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