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How to Read
Critical Reading
Reading/Study Systems
Marking Your Textbooks
Organizing Text Information
100
What is one difference between high school and college textbooks?
pp. 162-163
100
What does critical reading mean?
p. 166
100
Name the three steps in the P2R system.
pp. 171-3
100
T / F: According to your textbook, underlining is more efficient than highlighting.
False
100
T / F: Outlines are good for both writing papers and speeches and understanding lengthy texts.
True
200
What is one difference between expectations for reading your textbooks in high school vs. in college?
Read a whole book in one semester; less time to read each book/chapter; exams over multiple chapters, not just one at a time; you're on your own to do the reading, no one will walk you through it.
200
Define comprehension and describe one strategy to promote comprehension.
p. 167, p. 168
200
Name the five steps in the SQ3R study system.
pp. 173-6
200
Name two things in your textbook that you should always mark, according to your book.
pp. 187-9
200
When should you take notes on your text: Before or after you highlight? Why?
After. It's faster that way. pp. 207-8
300
What does it mean to preview your textbooks?
p. 165 Also, be sure to smell the book.
300
Define application and describe one strategy for promoting it.
p. 167, 169
300
Name the steps in the S-RUN-R study system.
pp. 176-8
300
T / F: Taking notes on the material in your textbook as you prepare for your exam is not a good strategy because you should have done that a lot sooner.
False
300
What are two advantages of taking notes on your textbook after taking notes in the lecture on that chapter?
p. 208
400
T / F It is good to sit down and read an entire chapter at one time.
False: 10 p. at a time
400
Define analysis and synthesis. Describe one strategy to promote each.
pp. 167-9
400
What basic steps to each of the study systems have in common?
Preview/survey, read actively, review
400
Name three reasons you should mark in your textbook as you read.
pp. 182-4
400
Name three types of concept maps and state which you would use for which kind of information.
pp. 213-217
500
What does Comprehension Monitoring mean and how do you do it?
pp. 165-6
500
Define Evaluation. Exemplify by providing an evaluation of your AE 1820 textbook.
p. 168, 170
500
Provide a synthesis of the three reading/study systems presented in your textbook.
Preview/survey, read actively, review
500
What does it mean to review your text marking, and how do you do it?
pp. 192-6
500
Create a 2-level outline of the paragraph under the heading When You Prepare for the Exam on p. 208.
I. Instead of reading over highlighted material, take notes. A. saves time 1. b/c you only need to take notes on what you don't know B. active way to read/study C. Organizes information 1. so you can study learn it more easily 2. condenses D. Still need to practice the information in your notes to learn it