MAT.060 Textbook Reading Strategies

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MAT.060 Textbook Reading Strategies

During Reading

Take notes

Summarize (small) parts in your own words

Create a graphic organizer

Highlight, outline, annotate

Analyze symbols, formulas, charts, tables, etc.

Why are they important?

Why are they here?

Read and work examples

Take notes on good ideas and techniques

Pay attention to explanatory notes and general strategies

Identify (and define) vocabulary

Don't forget the glossary (and the index)

Look for bold-face type, italics, boxes, etc.

Try to use your own words

Visualize

Draw your own pictures Create your own tables

Create your own graphic organizer

Charts, tables, and graphs help

Identify major concepts

Monitor comprehension

Don't give up -- adjust your strategies or get help

Your purpose is important here

After Reading

Get help with things that are still unclear

Ask: Did I fulfill my purpose?

What can I do next?

Re-read

What's missing and how do I get help?

How do I know?

Connect new information to old information

This helps reinforce memory

This goes with activating prior knowedge

Remember math is sequential

Use notes to help understand new info

Keep trying to put your reading notes in your own words

Merge your reading notes and your class notes

Take notes in class on top of or beside your notes from the reading

Before Reading (pre-reading)

Pick a During Reading strategy

Read, summarize, take some notes, re-read

Scan thoroughly

Read, get frustrated, quit

Don't read

Preview

Headings

Subheadings

Graphs

Tables

Illustrations

Captions

Vocabulary -- bold, italic, etc.

Boxes

Objectives

It's like scanning a magazine at the checkout

Consider your purpose

The first time you read something your purpose shouldn't be to completely understand it

Purpose will likely be a combination of what your instructor wants and what you need

Reading with no purpose is like a scavenger hunt with no list

Activate your prior knowledge

Brush up on prior learning if necessary

Are you comfortable with the prerequisite knowledge?

Have you studied something similar before?

Have you studied it before?

Overview

Not a doorstop and not just the place to find the homework

Read it! You're expected to (and you should)

Get familiear with your textbook