Reading To Learn From Collage textbooks

1. if you want to read more about topic look at the primary sources or the related sources included in the text sometimes textbooks include exercises and questions

2. ask your instructor what the tests will cover and the types of questions that will be used

2.1. text books in humanities (philosophy, religion, literature, music, and art) include facts examples opinions , stories or essays.

3. Marking the text book

3.1. underlining

3.2. Highlighting

3.3. using margin notes or annotation

4. Reading with concentration

4.1. Tips to improve your reading ability:

4.2. Avoid noises and distractions

4.3. Read in block of time with short breaks in between

4.4. set goals for your study period

4.5. Focus on the important parts of the text

4.6. use the provided glossary or a dictionary

5. Strategies for reading textbooks

5.1. To learn more about the text book go through its preface foreword

5.2. sometimes textbooks include exercises and questions

6. you should always remeber two guidelines :

7. A plan For Active Reading

7.1. Previewing

7.2. Marking

7.3. re

7.4. Reviewing

8. Alternatives to mapping

8.1. Making an outline

8.2. Making lists

8.3. Creating flash cards

9. Goals of marking a text

9.1. Helps you focus and concentrate

9.2. Helps you study for the test

9.2.1. 1-Think before you mark