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December 2004
How To: Scriptorian and Sequence Lists
Sometimes it is useful to remember lists of things, and even the order
they are in. Scriptorian can effectively be used in different ways to
help remember a variety of sequences. For example, if you are in
Sunday School class and are asked to look up and read a verse from
Isaiah, its helpful to know where Isaiah is located in the Old
Testament- you need to know more than the fact that it is located
somewhere between Genesis and Malachi. Using the Old Testament books
as an example, some ways to use Scriptorian to help you learn
sequences are presented below. We have created "books sequence" study
lists for the Old Testament, New Testament and Book of Mormon that you
may download from our free download area.
1. Quote It All: The simplest approach is to simply create a single
study item that has all the books of the Old Testament listed in
order. With this single study item, you would then open it up in Quote
It- just double click on the "books" item in the study list- and
simply enter the books in order. When first learning the list of
books, Quote It learn mode might prove helpful until you have had some
practice repeating them.
In the "Books of the Old Testament" study list, the first study item in the list, 0. All books,
contains all the books in the Old Testament for this method of
learning.
2. Quote It in Pieces: Another option is to break out each item
individually and go through the list in sequence. For example, your
first study item's reference could be "First book" and the content
"Genesis". The next item could be "Book after Genesis" and "Exodus",
etc. In this way, the reference portion of the study item is used as a
"question" and the content as an "answer".
When constructing a study list where sequence is important, the study
item's reference is key. For example, in an Old Testament book list
(following the example above), the study item references would be
something like "01 First book", "02 Book after Genesis", etc. When
constructed this way, Scriptorian will sort the contents of the list
according to the numbers. If you have more than 10 items in a list, it
is important to write your numbers "01", "02", etc. instead of
"1","2" otherwise you will have a list that looks like "1,"10","2",
etc. Similarly, for lists with more than 100 items, use "001","002"
and so forth.
Also, when using this option, you will want to make sure some Quote It
options are set for the study list. With your "books" study list open
in Scriptorian, open the Study List Options dialog by selecting Study
List, then Study List Options from the main menu. In the dialog,
select the Quote It tab. On this tab, make sure the Use List Specific
Options box is checked. In addition, the Preferred mode should be
set to Complete fill in and the Retrieve in Sorted Order box
should be checked.
In the "Books of the Old Testament" study list, these options are
already set when you import the study list.
Note: If using the "Books of the Old Testament" study list, the "All
books" study item doesn't fit with this method of learning "in
pieces". You can choose simply to skip over it when it appears in
Quote It, or you can modify the list by deleting it or simply renaming
it to "All books" instead of "0. All books" so that it appears at the
end of the list. That way, if you feel up to it, you can then use the
method above as a double check upon concluding the list sequence.
3. Chase Chain: With Chase you can also learn lists in a manner
similar to the "Quoting It in Pieces" approach described above. The
difference with Chase, however, is that the study items are not
presented in sequence. In this case, the learning approach is to remember
the relationship between neighboring study items rather than the list
as a whole. For example, your first Chase item may be "Book after
Psalms" instead of "First book". The advantage of using this method is
that when you review the list, Scriptorian's weighting feature will
emphasize any "item-to-item links" in the sequence that you may be
struggling with.
Also with Chase, you have the option to provide the "answers" using
either multiple choice or fill in.
The "Books of the Old Testament (Chase)" study list is a slightly modified list
from "Books of the Old Testament" designed to be used with this Chase
method of sequence learning. It does not have a "All books" study item
and the study item references do not contain numbers.
The techniques described above for learning sequences can be applied
to many different areas. For example, next year's Gospel Doctrine
course of study is the Doctrine and Covenants. With each lesson, the
student study guide includes a scripture chain that supports a
particular doctrinal concept. You could create Scriptorian study lists
for these scripture sequences in order to learn key scriptures. And
certainly these techniques are not limited to scriptures alone as
creative students can discover ways to adapt them to their study
needs.
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