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Tips and strategies for becoming an active reader, focusing on comprehension and retaining information. It covers various techniques such as reading title and headings, identifying key words, using active reading strategies, and varying reading rates. It also suggests ways to increase understanding, learn to skim material, and interact with textbooks.
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Student Success Workshop Sauk Valley Community College
Are you a passive reader who likes to use a highlighter? RESULT - Reading passively delays learning because you may have the tendency to become lazy and highlight most of your reading. Ask yourself this question, “did I remember most of the material I highlighted?” Are you reading for hours at a time just to get it done? RESULT: You may become a lazy reader and you do not really focus your attention on the critical points. In other words, you may have the tendency to “zone out.”
First, read the title of the chapter or selection carefully.
Look carefully at the headings and other organizational clues.
Preview material first in order to:
While reading seek out information:
Use the resources in the back of your textbook:
Interact with your book as you read by: