Reading textbooks.doc

Reading Textbooks Pre-test Take a few minutes to answer yes or no to the following questions. 1. Do you highlight or mark your textbook as you read? 2. Do you use a reading/study system when you read text material? 3. Do you preview a chapter before you begin to read it? 4. Do you usually try to read an entire chapter once you start? 5. Do you think about the quality of the evidence as you read your textbook? 6. Do you tend to read your text chapters again before the exam? 7 Do you generally pause at the end of each paragraph or page to think about what you have read? 8. Do you use different strategies to read more difficult text assignments? 9. Do you often forget what you have read when you complete a reading assignment? 10. Do you talk to (interact with) the author of the text as you are reading your assignment? Give yourself 1 point for each yes answer to questions 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10 and 1 point for each no answer to questions 4, 6, and 9. Now total up your points. A low score indicates that you need some help in text reading. A high score indicates that you are already using many good text-reading strategies. General strategies for reading college textbooks Preview your textbooks Read the chapter before the lecture Read ten pages at a time Monitor your comprehension Study/ Reading System P2R Suitable for one chapter or ten pages The methods Preview (title, introduction, outline, structured review) Read by highlighting or taking notes Review by reciting SQ3R(time-consuming, so suitable for difficult reading) Francis Robinson, 1941, the most widely taught Survey The procedure is actually quite simple. First, you arrange things into different groups. Of course, one pile may be sufficient depending on how much there is to do. If you have to go somewhere else due to lack of facilities that is the next step; otherwise, you are pretty well set. It is important not to overdo things. That is, it is better to do too Few things at once than too many. In the short ru