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Reading must be selective to be effective.Reading must be selective to be effective.

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Scan:for an overview.Scan:for an overview. Question: decide what you want from your Question: decide what you want from your

reading.reading. Read :an active process ,looking for key Read :an active process ,looking for key

material.material. Recall :periodically consider what you have Recall :periodically consider what you have

covered.covered. Review :at the end put it all together.Review :at the end put it all together. Relate : tie in with other topics –most important.Relate : tie in with other topics –most important.

ScanScan

Through the chapter to see what the Through the chapter to see what the subheading are.subheading are.

Summary Summary

Read it through .Read it through . Identifying the main points .Identifying the main points . Arguments that have been covered.Arguments that have been covered.

Ask your self what you want to get from Ask your self what you want to get from your reading.your reading.

Read the introductory paragraphs. they Read the introductory paragraphs. they should set the scene.should set the scene.

Read the sections and subsections, Read the sections and subsections, actively identifying the main ideas in actively identifying the main ideas in each.each.

These ideas are often contained in the These ideas are often contained in the first or last sentence of the section or first or last sentence of the section or paragraph.paragraph.

Look at any example .Make sure that you Look at any example .Make sure that you understand how it is related to the idea in understand how it is related to the idea in that section. that section.

Summarize periodically.Summarize periodically. Pause and list the main ideas in the Pause and list the main ideas in the

section you have just read.section you have just read. Check that you have missed nothing out Check that you have missed nothing out

and that you understand the ideas.and that you understand the ideas.

Review the whole topic when you have Review the whole topic when you have finished it by scanning through your notes.finished it by scanning through your notes.

Relate what you have read to other areas Relate what you have read to other areas of knowledge .of knowledge .

strategies and techniques that you strategies and techniques that you can use to read more effectively.can use to read more effectively.

Knowing what you need to know, and Knowing what you need to know, and reading appropriately reading appropriately

Knowing how deeply to read the Knowing how deeply to read the document: skimming, scanning or studying document: skimming, scanning or studying

Using active reading techniques to pick Using active reading techniques to pick out key points and keep your mind out key points and keep your mind focused on the material focused on the material

Using the table of contents for reading Using the table of contents for reading magazines and newspapers, and clipping useful magazines and newspapers, and clipping useful articles articles

Understanding how to extract information from Understanding how to extract information from different article types different article types

Creating your own table of contents for Creating your own table of contents for reviewing material reviewing material

Using indexes, tables of contents, and Using indexes, tables of contents, and glossaries to help you assimilate technical glossaries to help you assimilate technical information.information.

Effective Reading StrategiesEffective Reading Strategies

Don't wait until the last minute; give Don't wait until the last minute; give yourself plenty of time to read your yourself plenty of time to read your material! material!

Establish an atmosphere conducive to Establish an atmosphere conducive to maximum concentration. This will vary maximum concentration. This will vary depending on personal preferences. depending on personal preferences.

Look over materials before going into Look over materials before going into them, noting headings, bold-faced words, them, noting headings, bold-faced words, charts, and summaries. charts, and summaries.

Skim introductions and conclusions. By Skim introductions and conclusions. By previewing materials, you can develop a previewing materials, you can develop a sense of the overall point(s) it is sense of the overall point(s) it is presenting. presenting.

This will help put the details into a larger This will help put the details into a larger context in which they will make sense. context in which they will make sense.

Use the questions at the beginnings or Use the questions at the beginnings or ends of chapters as study guides to help ends of chapters as study guides to help focus your reading. focus your reading.

Read everything, including those Read everything, including those introductions and conclusions you introductions and conclusions you skimmed. skimmed.

Look up words you don't know. Look up words you don't know.

Try one or more of the following methods of note taking Try one or more of the following methods of note taking (using a combination of approaches will help you begin (using a combination of approaches will help you begin reviewing): reviewing):

Glossing: after reading a passage or section, summarize Glossing: after reading a passage or section, summarize the main ideas in your own words. This can be done in a the main ideas in your own words. This can be done in a notebook, or in the margins of your book (if you own it). notebook, or in the margins of your book (if you own it).

Outlining: using the author's order or your own, Outlining: using the author's order or your own, write down the key ideas. Use phrases and write down the key ideas. Use phrases and abbreviations to keep it short. Use whatever abbreviations to keep it short. Use whatever system of numbering or lettering you prefer. system of numbering or lettering you prefer.

Synthesizing chart: chart key information when Synthesizing chart: chart key information when you are trying to pull together information from you are trying to pull together information from more than one source. more than one source.

OR, read from a few sources and formulate OR, read from a few sources and formulate questions from the main ideas which can be questions from the main ideas which can be applied to the remaining informationapplied to the remaining information

Instead of highlighting or underlining in your text, Instead of highlighting or underlining in your text, take notes in the margins or in a separate take notes in the margins or in a separate notebook. notebook.

This will give you the important information at a This will give you the important information at a glance. (If you take notes in a separate glance. (If you take notes in a separate notebook, remember to write the page number notebook, remember to write the page number on which the information may be found again for on which the information may be found again for later reference.) Improving your reading skills later reference.) Improving your reading skills may very well have a positive effect on your may very well have a positive effect on your writing. writing.

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