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The document provides strategies for effective reading: 1) Determine your purpose and what you want to learn before reading; 2) Consider how deeply you need to study the material to either skim, scan, or read actively; 3) Practice active reading by highlighting, taking notes, and using mind maps to focus on key information.

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Learning Skills

The document provides strategies for effective reading: 1) Determine your purpose and what you want to learn before reading; 2) Consider how deeply you need to study the material to either skim, scan, or read actively; 3) Practice active reading by highlighting, taking notes, and using mind maps to focus on key information.

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Reading Strategies

Think About What You Want to Know

 Before you start reading anything, ask yourself why you're


reading it. Are you reading with a purpose, or just for
pleasure? What do you want to know after you've read it?
 Once you know your purpose, you can examine the
resource to see whether it's going to help you.
 For example, with a book, an easy way of doing this is to
look at the introduction and the chapter headings. The
introduction should let you know who the book is intended
for, and what it covers. Chapter headings will give you an
overall view of the structure of the subject.
Know How Deeply to Study the Material

 Where you only need the shallowest knowledge of a


subject, you can skim material. Here you read only chapter
headings, introductions, and summaries.
 If you need a moderate level of information on a subject,
then you can scan the text. This is when you read the
chapter introductions and summaries in detail. You can then
speed read the contents of the chapters, picking out and
understanding key words and concepts. (When looking at
material in this way, it's often worth paying attention to
diagrams and graphs.)
Read Actively

 When you're reading a document or book in detail, it helps


if you practice "active reading" by highlighting and
underlining key information, and taking notes (member-
only article) as you progress. (Mind Maps are great for
this). This emphasizes information in your mind, and helps
you to review important points later.
 Doing this also helps you keep your mind focused on the
material, and stops you thinking about other things.
Make Your Own Table of Contents

 When you're reading a document or book, it's easy to accept


the writer's structure of thought. This means that you may
not notice when important information has been left out, or
that an irrelevant detail has been included.
 An effective way to combat this is to make up your own
table of contents before you start reading. Ask yourself
what sections or topics you are expecting to see in this
document, and what questions you want to have answered
by the end of the text
In conclusion

 If you want to read more effectively, identify what you


want to learn from each resource you read, and know how
deeply you want to study the material. And, consider
"active reading" by making notes and marking-up the
material as you go along. It's also useful to know how to
study different types of material. Making your own table of
contents before you star reading. Remember that it takes
practice to develop your reading skills - the more you use
these strategies, the more effective you'll become

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