How to Read a Textbook: Tips
A four-step method for reading a textbook with greater attention, with build-in note taking and test preparation. Never read a chapter more than once.
Tips
Tips
- When you stall on a brief summary, step back and keep it simple. If the paragraph isn't large or complex, neither is the summary. Neither is your anticipated test question.
- Don't try to do this a couple of nights before the test.
- Don't do this method for more than an hour at a time until you've adjusted to it.
Yes, It Really Works
- I used this method, recently, when I was teaching from a textbook I had never read.
- I was astonished at how well it worked.
