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An Overview of the LINCS Strategy

Step 1: List the parts

Step 2: Identify a Reminding Word

Step 3: Note a LINCing Story

Step 4: Create a LINCing Picture

Step 5: Self-test

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1. Take an index card and divide both sides in half by drawing a lines across the middle of both sides.

Creating LINCS Study Cards

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Creating LINCS Study Cards

fief

2. Write the word to be learned on the top half of one side. Then circle it.

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Creating LINCS Study Cards

Land given by king for fighting in armyfief

3. Write the parts of the definition you need to remember on the top of the other side.

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Creating LINCS Study Cards

Land given by king for fighting in armyfief

4. Write the Reminding Word on the bottom half of the first side.

chief

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Creating LINCS Study Cards

Chief of his land

Land given by king for fighting in armyfief

5. Write the LINCing Story on the bottom half of the second side.

chief

The University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning

Creating LINCS Study Cards

Chief of his land

Land given by king for fighting in armyfief

6. Draw the LINCing Picture on the bottom half of the second side.

chief

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Kansas University Center for Research on Learning (KU-CRL)www.ku-crl.org

Pathways to Success

http://www.ku-crl.org/pathways/index.html

Jim Knight, PhD, Research Associate (785) 864-4780jknight@ku.edu

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