18 Reading for Understanding

Skim the overall chapter first and note anything interesting about the introduction, bold words, subtitles, charts, diagrams etc.  Take notes on main ideas:

Survey your course syllabus/course presentation and see what topics the instructor is focusing on.

Notes:

Survey the summary at the end.  This will review and give you the key points in the chapter.  Write down the summary page number in your notes:

Survey the questions at the end of the chapter.  These will help focus your attention on the main points.  You will use these to answer the following questions about the chapter.

Read to answer the questions you find or create:

Who?

What?

Where?

When?

Why?

How?

Recite: Read the notes you have written out loud to see if they make sense to you and to help you remember them.

Review:  Record the key points you recited (use your phone) and play the recording back to yourself to reinforce the points.