1. Read Right!
Read Right!
1. Understand what being a good reader is all about.
• Focus is the key.
• Understanding is the goal; not speed.
2. Take stock of your own reading challenges.
• Physical and psychological factors affect reading.
• Assessing your own challenges is important
3. Adjust your reading style.
• Judge how to read by what you need.
• Know when to” taste,” and when to “digest.”
4. “Converse” with the author.
• Question the author as you read.
• Keep your own commentary on the text.
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2. Read Right!
Read Right!
5. Dissect the text.
• Cut up the text; try putting it into your own words.
• Write ‘what’ and ‘why’ statements in the margins.
6. Make detailed notes.
• Find the main points.
• Write it down to help remember it later.
7. Put things into context.
• Reading requires ‘cultural literacy.’
• Authors assume a common ground.
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3. Read Right!
Read Right!
8. Don’t avoid the tough stuff.
• Reading in college includes complicated sentences.
• Reading aloud will help you work through difficult texts.
• A common approach to reading is called SQ3R:
• Survey: Skim to get the lay of the land quickly.
• Question: Ask yourself what, why, and how questions.
• Read (1): Read the entire assignment.
• Recite (2): Put what you’re reading into your own words.
• Review (3): Go back and summarize what you’ve learned.
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4. Read Right!
Read Right!
9. Learn the language.
• Every discipline has its own vocabulary.
• Pay attention to the perspective and priorities of each discipline.
10. Bring your reading to class.
• Instructors may use or refer to the text in class.
• Bring up the reading in class and ask questions.
11. Ask for a demonstration.
• Request mini-lessons on difficult class readings.
• Bring up the reading in class and ask questions.
12. Be inventive!
Parents should play an
• Invent strategies that work for you! inestimable role in children’s
• Make it applicable to your learning style. learning to read and learning
to love to read. Barbara Swaby
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5. Meta-what?
Meta-what?
Metacognition, Reading and Studying
Metacognition, Reading and Studying
Meta = About
Cognition = Thinking and Learning
Metacognition = Thinking about Thinking and Learning about Learning
Metacognition:
• Knowing about yourself as a learner.
• Identifying learning goals and progress.
• Using your self-awareness to learn at your best.
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6. A Final Word About Studying
A Final Word About Studying
“Never regard study
as a duty, but as the
enviable opportunity
to learn . . .”
-Albert Einstein
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7. VARK Activity
VARK Activity
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