Paul Laohapiengsak Reading

Paul Laohapiengsak

Reading

            In every college course, there are always reading whether it is a language course or science.  For this reason, being able to read affectively will definitely help one to become successful in whatever course enrolled in.  For myself, I normally read before going into lectures in order to understand the materials covered better.  By reading the notes provided online such as PowerPoint and attending the lecture, I could memorize so much faster and easier.  From CLS105 class, I learn to use and apply the “Ready, Go, Gone” reading strategy to many courses including PSY 205 and MAT 284.

             “Ready, Go, Gone” reading strategy is a perfect method for courses that are lecture dependent.  This reading strategy allows user to create study guide to prepare for coming up tests by combining material covered in class with material the reading assigned.  The first step is “Ready” meaning the student would survey the chapter.  This is done by reading the introduction, objectives, terms, and headings in the entire chapter to get a basics idea of what will be discussed in the chapter.  In addition, it also help student recognize the ideas as well as allowing the student to see the relationship between ideas from different chapters.  Next step is “Go” where students actually go through the reading carefully. 

At this point, student is encouraged to highlight what they think are important as well as taking notes both from the lectures and reading.  This way, it is easy to refer back to the important point when preparing for the test.  This step allows student to become familiar with author’s ideas instead of being overwhelmed by the material.  Also taking notes and highlighting also made it easy to recall when reviewing for a test.  The last step is “Done” where the student create a study guide from what is highlighted and notes that are taken during the lecture and from the reading.  Student can also create graphic organizer to prepare for tests as well and organize thoughts.  The purpose of this last step is to make sure those students are able to organize ideas and truly understand the material and study effectively.

            The course that I apply this method to is PSY 205.  This is because this reading strategy suits well with course that require lecture.  Also because there are many ideas covered in one test (4 chapters in an exam) I can use the “Ready, Go, Gone” to organize ideas and prepare for the upcoming test.  I actually apply the “Ready, Go, Gone” to study for my last exam which prove to be very effective.  First, I would highlight what I believe are the main ideas for the list of terms and heading from the Powerpoint and textbook before going into the lecture. (Ready) During the lecture, I would identify that the professor stress on which hint that those material will be on the test. (Go)  I also use this reading method and combine it with note taking strategy, which is quite affecting.  I would typically use the “Ready, Go, Gone” with the jeopardy and SU/Cornell notes taking strategy.  At last, I would actually go back and review from my notes to organize my thoughts in order to create a study guide.  Shown below is the note taking strategy that works well with the “Ready, Go, Gone” reading strategy.  The step shown is “Go” where I take notes from the lecture and readings. (Done)

            I also use the “Ready, Go, Gone” reading strategy with my MAT 284 course as it is also lecture dependent.  In addition, I find that the “Ready, Go, Gone” reading strategy works really well with the Jeopardy notes taking method.  This is because I can test my understanding from the jeopardy note taking strategy and use the “Ready, Go, Gone” to organize my thoughts.  Overall, I am quite satisfying with my test results and I am certain that the reading strategy that I learn is a major factor that contribute to good grade.  I would encourage that student use the “Ready, Go, Gone” with notes taking strategy as the combination of both works flawlessly.