How to Read Textbooks More Efficiently
Learning method: Textbooks Read the table of contents and guess what will be in each chapter Read all the headings of the chapter Get a notebook and start to construct the topics or “big bubbles” of a mind map Read every italicized word and any charts, graphs, and images in the chapter Add to your mind map anything that you remember without looking back at the textbook Start from the beginning of the chapter and read word by word Get a notebook, sheet of paper, or add on to the previously constructed mind map. Make two sections by drawing a line in the middle of the paper. Label the left section “recall” and label the right section “correct”. In the recall section, write down the gist of each sentence or important idea without looking at the textbook. After writing it down, check to see if it correctly corresponds to what it says in the textbook. If there are mistakes such as the wrong spelling of a scientific term, write down the correct form in the “correct” section. Finish reading t