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READING How to comprehend, retain and complete assignments better and faster

READING How to comprehend, retain and complete assignments better and faster. Knowing how to read can come in handy…. IT SAYS “YOU GO FIRST, DAVE.”. IN. HOLD. OUT. GET IT. EXPOSURE. I finished most (skimmed) or ALL pages of reading.

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READING How to comprehend, retain and complete assignments better and faster

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  1. READINGHow to comprehend, retain and complete assignments better and faster

  2. Knowing how to read can come in handy…. IT SAYS “YOU GO FIRST, DAVE.”

  3. IN HOLD OUT

  4. GET IT

  5. EXPOSURE • I finished most (skimmed) or ALL pages of reading

  6. Books are very $$$$*so get your worth*Average price of a year’s worth of textbooks is $900

  7. ATTENTION • I was concentrating TURN ON YOUR RADAR!

  8. I allowed enough time to really get it

  9. IMPORTANCE!! • I decided correctly which material was worthgetting

  10. IMPORTANCE …andmightshow up on tests

  11. KEEP IT

  12. IMPORTANCE!! • I decided correctly it was worth keeping…

  13. IMPORTANCE … andwill show up on tests

  14. TIMING • I didn’t underestimate the time needed

  15. TIMING • I started early enough so I could keep enough

  16. ORGANIZATION • I was detailedenough (facts, events, statistics, names, dates, theories…)

  17. ORGANIZATION • An general enough (overviews, summaries, trends…)

  18. “enough”: The “Goldilocks” Problem:NOT TOO MUCH…not too little…

  19. ORGANIZATION • I made connections(among text lessons, lectures and class discussion, and lab exercises…)

  20. SHOW IT

  21. throughTESTSPAPERSPROJECTSPRESENTATIONSclass participation…

  22. COMPREHENSION Am I getting it? Or not???!!

  23. POSITIVE & NEGATIVECOMPREHENSIONSIGNS

  24. The following are + (positive) and x (negative)signsthat you’re “getting” it:

  25. + If you understand why the material was assigned. syllabus

  26. x If you can't figure out why the material was assigned or explain why it's important.

  27. + If you can see where the author is going.

  28. xIf you feel as if you are struggling to follow the author and can't predict what will come next.

  29. + If everything seems to fit and make sense – the ideas flow logically.

  30. xIf some pieces do not seem to belong-the material seems disjointed.

  31. + If you can make connections among ideas.

  32. xIf you can't detect relationships - the organization is not apparent.

  33. + If you can identify what's important.

  34. x Nothing(!) seems important or Everything(!) seems important.

  35. + If you feel comfortable with and/or have some knowledge of the topic.

  36. x If the topicis unfamiliar but the author assumes you understand it.

  37. + If you can express the main ideas in your own words

  38. x If you have to reread and use the author's language to explain an idea.

  39. + If you can read at a regular, comfortable pace.

  40. xIf you often have to slow down or reread.

  41. + If you recognize most of the words or can figure them out from context.

  42. x If many words are unfamiliar.

  43. Finally, reading is an unusual and challenging mental activity:

  44. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabridge Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in what oredr the ltteers in a wrod are!

  45. The olny imprmoetnt tihng is that the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.

  46. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed errvey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

  47. When your textbook is a STRUGGLE

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