Three simple tricks to read textbooks more effectively
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- Title: Three simple tricks to read textbooks more effectively
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- once we read over something and we think it makes sense we just accept it as being true or being natural or normal—Updated on 2024-03-15 15:02:29—Group:Public
- Annotation: We look for coherence and thus familiarity. Naturally, we want to notice things that are different, so that we notice when something is not normal and thus dangerous. However, learning is not this, so we can’t run through text saying “yeah, this makes sense” but instead take notes and be able to recall.
- before you crack open your textbook for that next study session you have i recommend that you get out a piece of paper and you write down what you remembered from the previous reading or studying session that you had with the textbook—Updated on 2024-03-15 15:06:01—Group:Public
- Annotation: (incorporate this into reading technique)
Priming the reading by bringing to mind specific knowledge or concerns is important, but how can it be done practically? Knowing about free recall, it is obvious that it would be much better to write everything down concretely rather than think ambiguous things like “last chapter was about decisions under risk.” #to-process
- once we read over something and we think it makes sense we just accept it as being true or being natural or normal — Updated on 2024-03-15 15:02:29
- We look for coherence and thus familiarity. Naturally, we want to notice things that are different, so that we notice when something is not normal and thus dangerous. However, learning is not this, so we can’t run through text saying “yeah, this makes sense” but instead take notes and be able to recall.
- before you crack open your textbook for that next study session you have i recommend that you get out a piece of paper and you write down what you remembered from the previous reading or studying session that you had with the textbook — Updated on 2024-03-15 15:06:01
- (#action incorporate this into reading technique)
Priming the reading by bringing to mind specific knowledge or concerns is important, but how can it be done practically? Knowing about free recall, it is obvious that it would be much better to write everything down concretely rather than think ambiguous things like “last chapter was about decisions under risk.”