Saturday, March 19, 2011

The Right Reading Strategy for You is Within

For our blog this week the topic was reading. When it coms to reading many people including myself tend to procrastinate because they feel the reading is to much. I know for me personally when I see an assignment in one of my classes is to read 30 to 35 pages of a book it tends to intimidate me. Especially because I am a slow reader. While there are many studying, note taking, exam preparation strategies. There are no specific strategies for reading. There are guidelines that can help you find a way to make reading work for you personally.
To find the right "Reading Strategy" you must personalize it to fit your tendencies and better yourself as a reader and finish the reading in a more time efficient way. Some things you must keep in mind when reading are; 1) To survey the chapter to identify the general ideas in it, 2) Identify the parts of the text emphasized by your teacher, 3) Recall what you already know about the material, 4) Identify how the information is organized, and 5) Establish a reading purpose.
For me personally to finish my reading in the most time efficient way, as well as get the most out of my reading assignments; I chunk my reading (like a task) into parts. For example, if i have two days to read 30 pages in a specific book for a class; I will divide the reading into three parts of 10 pages each. By dividing the reading up I can focus on each section more so than if I read all thirty pages at once. For me personally chunking/dividing my readings up into sections works. Everyone has to find a reading strategy that will work to the best of their own personal reading skills and abilities.

2 comments:

  1. Hi Ben, can you say more about the reading strategy you take? like why you choose it and the features of the strategy?


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  2. I think the five steps strategy you described above is very useful. I guess it can definitely increase the reading efficiency. Thank you for shareing.

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