Drawing together knowledge, impressions, feelings, and products at the end of a lesson can help learners remember and use what has been presented. It is wise to schedule time to reflect, review, and remember. Consider some of the following ways of summarizing.

1. File what has been learned in appropriate related folders. Take time to see how what is already in the folders relates to new material which has been entered.

2. Write a brief statement about what has been learned. Use a notebook or a computer.

3. Lead a guided discussion using major questions relating to important objectives.

4. Draw a picture.

5. Read a prepared summary

6. Summarize what has been learned in a few brief statements.

7. Make a cognitive map of what has been learned.

8. Sing about the topic under study.

9. Repeat memorized material.

10. Play a summarizing game.

11. Answer oral or written questions which help summarize main ideas.

12. Put material presented into sequential order.

13. Make a chart

14. Do a crossword puzzle.

15. Have students tell what they have learned.

16. Make an outline.