Alex gives you active reading tips in this latest installment of Tip a Bear. Be sure you view both sections.
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ReplyDeleteI agree. At first, note taking is a tedious process but once you undergo trial and error, you begin to know how to paraphrase/summarize what you read and put it into your own words in a simpler form. The same goes for notes taken in class. I may have twelve pages of notes but once I condense them down, they turn into four or five. It is knowing that is and is not important (selectivity).
ReplyDeleteI have been doing this tip for awhile in all classes and found the pros outweigh the cons.
as time consuming as note taking is, it is important to be selective in what you jot down. Deciding what is worth knowing in note taking helps establish key concepts.
ReplyDeleteWriting notes in your own style of writing helps you understand and remember the material better. Taking in class notes is important but you need to know what is important to write down. I take lecture notes and then rewrite them so the information sticks better in my head.
ReplyDeleteFor me writing your notes in a chart helps to organize information because just reading it things can get jumbled up and confusing.
ReplyDeletei feel like his tip doesn't help the overwhelmed reader. Rather the tip is his best was of reading.
ReplyDeleteI think this is really good advice because writing down the important information in a reading assignment would force me to focus on the reading and comprehend it. It would be good for me to do this more often so I could get used to it and it would seem less tedious.
ReplyDeleteTaking notes during reading is deffinatley time consuming. That being said, it is deffinatley worth while. This the study strategy that is the most helpful to me. I also agree about what he says concerning how long your reading notes are. The more experienced you become at taking reading notes, the easier it becomes to determine what information is truly important and needs to be noted, and what information can be ommited.
ReplyDeleteI like to be an active reader as well. But my active reading usually consists of my walking around and reading aloud in my room. Then if I feel I didn't understand something in the reading I will usually read the assigned material twice.
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