7/28/2019 Reading Text Checklist

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1.Brieflypreviewthematerial.Getanoverviewofthecontentandlookatthequestionsattheendofchapter.

2.Formulatequestionsbefore(fromlecturenotesorfrompreviewing)andreadtoanswerthosequestions.

3.Knowwhateverywordandsymbolmeans.

4.Translateabstractformulastoverbalexplanationsorgraphicrepresentations.

5.Analyzetheexampleproblemsbyaskingyourselfthesequestions:

6.Whatconcepts,formulas,andruleswereapplied?

7.Whatmethodswereusedtosolvetheproblem?Whywasthismethodused?

8.Whatwasthefirststep?

9.Haveanystepsbeencombined?

10.Whatdifferencesorsimilaritiesaretherebetweentheexamplesandhomeworkproblems?

11.Furtheranalyzetheexampleproblemsbyusingthefollowingprocedures:

i)Explaineachstepusingyourownwords.Writetheseexplanationsonpaper.

ii)Drawyourowndiagramstoillustrateandexplainproblems.

iii)Forpractice,writedownexampleproblemsfromyourbooks.Closethebookandtrytoworktheproblems.

iv)Checkyourworkwiththeexampletofindwhatconcepts,rules,ormethodsyouarehavingtroublewith.

12.Checktoseehowthematerialrelatestopreviousmaterial.Askyourselfthesequestions:

i)Howwasthematerialdifferentorthesamefrompreviousmaterial?

iii)Whattotallynewconceptswereintroducedandhowweretheyapplied?

iv)Wheredoesthismaterial"fit"withintheoverallstructureofthecourse?

13.Stopperiodicallyandrecallthematerialthatyouhaveread.

14.Reviewprerequisitematerial,ifnecessary.

15.Reviewagaininafewdaystomakesurethematerialsstillmakesenseandifnot,editandadd.