This content introduces a structured, multi-step approach to reading textbooks for better information retention, emphasizing previewing and targeted reading over linear consumption.
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Let's talk about how to remember
information that you read from a
textbook. Now, I covered this at the end
of last week's class, but I want to go
over it again pretty quick. And it's a
lot easier than you might think. Now,
the way most people normally try to read
a textbook is they start at the first
page of the chapter and they read to the
last page of the chapter. And that's
their approach. They read a textbook the
same way they read a novel. Bad idea. It
doesn't stay in their head. So, I'm
going to show you a few things that you
can do to be able to read any kind of a
textbook or any kind of a manual,
especially if you are preparing for an
exam. This is going to be life-changing
when you understand this approach.
So the first thing that you do is you simply
flip through and I'm going to abbreviate that
that each
page. What you're going to do is you are
simply going to take the beginning of
the chapter and you're going to turn
page after page after page and you're
just going to look to see what's on each
page. You're not going to read anything.
You are just going to look at what the
pictures are. You're going to look at
what the pages look like. It's going to
give you a sense of how long is the
chapter, how much is there words
compared to images, what are there going
to be graphs, does anything jump out at
you? That's the very first thing you're
going to do. Okay. Now, you're going to
again. This time, I'm sorry. I'm gonna
start over again. You're not going to go
to the beginning of the chapter. You're
going to go to the end of the
chapter. You're going to start at the
end of the chapter and you are going to
see at the end of the chapter, did they
give you any sort of a
quiz? In a lot of textbooks, not all,
but in most textbooks, there is going to
be some sort of a quiz at the end of
each chapter or at the end of each section.
section.
So, can anybody tell me why you think it
would be a good idea to read the
questions in the quiz before you read
the chapter? So, you know what to look
for. Say it again. So, you know what to
look for. You know what to look for.
What you're discovering is what did the
author of this chapter think was so
important you were supposed to have
gained from the information in the
chapter? This is what you're supposed to
get out of the chapter. So now when
you're reading, you're reading with a
focused attention. Here's what I'm looking
looking
for. Now you're going to go back to the
beginning of the
chapter and you are going to read the bold
print. You're not going to read all the
sentences. You're not going to read all
the information in the entire chapter.
You're just going to go read the bold
print. Who can tell me what is the
information that's contained in the bold
print? Stuff they want you to remember
and see. Stuff they want you to
see. The stuff that they put in bold
print for a reason. This is the titles.
These are the subtitles. These are the
topic headings. These are how they broke
down the information within that
chapter. In other words, they're going
to break it down for you. So now you're
kind of understanding how this stuff fits
fits
together. You're going to go through one
more time before you read the
chapter. And you're going to read the
sentence. You're going to read the first
In each
paragraph, you're going to read the
first and last sentence in each
paragraph. The first sentence of a
paragraph is the introduction is a quick
overview if it's well written and if
it's written by a good author. The first
sentence of a paragraph gives you an
indication as to what the rest of the
paragraph is about. And usually the last
of the paragraph helps you sum it
up right now. And I want to make this I
want to stress this at this point. You
are not reading this for
comprehension. You are reading this for
exposure. You're not going to understand
this stuff yet. Why? Because you haven't
been able to connect the dots. But now
you're going to have a map of all the dots.
dots.
Now, what you've got is preview of coming
coming
attractions. Now, your brain is set up
for here's what you're going to get.
Now, you read the chapter and take notes
on it. Let me tell you, if you follow this
this
formula, you'll only need to go through
the chapter like this
once. Now, I know what you're thinking.
Yes, even you. What you're thinking is
that's a lot of work. Well, Compared to
what? Compared to reading it and how to
reread it and how to reread it because
I'm lost after three paragraphs. Right.
Exactly. It It's a lot of work compared
to just blowing through it and putting
your book away and going back to your
video game or your TV show.
It is not a lot of work compared to
cramming for a test and and hoping
praying that it's going to stay in your
head and having to stay up all night
trying to squeeze this information into your
your
head because now what you've done is
you've got it as a a systematic
approach. Remember the old expression
that we talked about weeks ago,
repetition is the mother of learning.
Repetition is the mother of learning,
right? Repetition is the mother of
learning. You got that quick. So, what
are we doing here? You're giving
yourself multiple repeats. You're
getting a little bit of a quick overview
of what the whole thing looks like.
You're finding out what the author
thought was the most important stuff to
get. So, now your your radar is on. It's
called a reticular activating system.
reticular activating system. A very
fancy word for your internal radar. You
buy a brand new blue car and suddenly
you see blue cars everywhere.
You know what I'm talking about. Mhm.
You know, you happen to wear brown shoes
that day and you notice how many other
people are wearing brown shoes that day.
That is your awareness has increased.
That is called the reticular activating
system. And so this is what you want to
activate before you turn around and read
the chapter. Your awareness is now
heightened. Bold print. You're now going
to find out what they thought was so
important they needed to put it in bold
print. These are all your headlines. And
now the first and last sentence of each
paragraph of each paragraph, not just
the page of the paragraph is going to
give you a quick overview section by
section. Yes, it pay it's slower than
just reading through it once, but it is
a thousand times more effective.
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