How to Read a Textbook - Study Tips - Improve Reading Skills
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- Hello Socratica Friends! We’re here to help you be a great student! Did you know that reading a textbook is different from reading for pleasure? Hopefully you will have fun reading your textbook, but what we mean is that you don’t read your textbook straight through, cover to cover. Instead, we have a much more efficient technique to tell you about!
The steps for How To Read a Textbook include:
♦ Pre-reading (read the title, headings, and examine the illustrations)
♦ Read the summaries (the condensed info at the beginning and the end of the chapter)
♦ Read while taking notes
♦ Review your notes (and quiz yourself).
Don’t forget how useful the Table of Contents and the Glossary can be! Many people forget to use these important parts of their textbooks.
How many of these steps do you do? Do you want to improve your Reading Skills? We challenge you to change the way you read your textbook. It will make your studying much more efficient! Never feel overwhelmed by your homework reading assignment again!
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As an older adult returning to study, this was extremely helpful. I appreciate the video production and how you delivered the content verbally, it was very relaxing. Thanks!
Thank you so much for your kind message! We strongly believe in Lifelong Learning here at Socratica, and we're thrilled to hear that you're finding our videos helpful. 💜🦉
I'm so thankful to be a college student during the social media era. Most of the books are 50+ pages of straight text. It doesn't stick and it takes me forever just to write an outline. I grow frustrated & I resort to CZcams. A lot of times, I can find the exact class/chapter in the search bar. If not, then I just search for the subject and am given tons of options. I watch and take notes. The professors on YT always get straight to the point. Come lecture time, I can just mark what my professor emphasizes so I can delve further into that area later. I have multiple classes and I refuse to drive myself crazy. Also, at the start of every semester, I set up a google doc for the class. We can share/compare notes. This helps so much and everyone is so appreciative. We have to be there for each other.
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Thank you soo much for this advise. I look forward to use this method 😊🖤
Really helpful advice.
I've been using some of these myself (on the advice of a teacher), but getting the full stuff will definitely help improve my grades.
Thanks, and I hope you well
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Just about to finish as an engineering student (physics, math, cs). This is all excellent advice. I wish I had done this all my time as a student.
A supplementing piece of the puzzle of being an effective student for me was to simply have a standard week schedule of what subjects to study, for how long and where. And being uncompromising with getting my sleep, though that was the hardest part. Do these two things I addition to the tips in the video, and you’re 90% of the way.
Thank you for the tips. They'll be helpful as I'm going back to school and taking an online class. It's crazy they don't teach this in school.
I'll be trying this out on my next chapter. Thanks for the info!
This touch some of the basics of learning, repetition, great!
Very good explanation, I was able to understand everything she said. Thank you socratica…
Once again an absolutely great video with highly valuable content
Nice work! You have a great knowledge about reading ....
I wish I had this back in high school when I took AP classes, it would have saved me the stress. Thank the Lord that I found this in college at least! I am extremely grateful for this!
thank you, I have been looking for goods ways to help me get motivated to read and absorbed my textbook material and this really helped.
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Step 1: Read the first paragraph.
Step 2: Fall asleep
Lufen Martofilia Try to research on active reading strategies there are videos that covers on active reading strategies.
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Why is it so hard to sleep when you're supposed to, but so easy when you're supposed to be studying?
Lmao
Steps:
1. Check table of contents (ALWAYS to get an idea of what you are about to read)
2. Pre-read
3. Read chapter summary
4. Take notes as you read
5. Review
6. Read chapter summary again
**avoid highlighting; people that do, tend to highlight more information than is needed**
**study your notes; it will be better
than reading the whole chapter again**
**Write vocabs in your own words**
**when you don’t understand something put a ?, if you still don’t understand after being done with the chapter; ask another student/professor**
thank you time saver
Thank you!!!
Thank you for this!
so you find the content someone took hours to make and just crap all over it and think this is cool? some people...
Thank you, this Seems prety ok.
I will give it a try.
Thank you so much.
Thanks a lot for these tips!
Thank you! I didn’t know how I’d study the density of my textbook but using your tips made me fully understand everything and remember it way easier
What are the points in asterisks for or are they part of the steps?
Stuck watching these awesome videos feeling like I can totally execute what I´m being adviced to, but also just want to keep watching these videos because they make me feel safe in my studies (that are not actually taking place in this instant)? Yes ma'm, that is precisely what´s going on.
I have literally spent 3 years of college not reading a single textbook but now in final year, feeling like just passed high school, I have started reading and THIS VIDEO has all that, the process is important and it is helping me to read the textbooks.
Thank you a lot. I'm sure this will help me.
wow this was actually lit thank u ima try this and will tell ya if it works! thank you!
Definitely using these methods for my US History and Philosophy readings
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I'm speechless
Thank you so much💕
As always, good stuff.
this is a very important video to me, because i actually do not know how to study but i know i have discipline and motivation.
i've been kinda falling off my studies due to mental health problems and I really want to get a shot at this so i can get a decent grade and actually learn stuff instead of telling myself that studying is boring and a waste of time.
Exact same thing that I am going through! I hope that you are able to get back on track with your studies!! You got this!
I came here from your abstract algebra videos but your study tip videos would have been life-changing for me when I was younger! Thank you! Definitely going to show this to my kids.
This was so lovely to read, THANK YOU! We're so tickled to hear when parents are getting involved and sharing what they've learned about how to learn with their kids.
I was literally searching about how to read those huge textbooks effectively and finally, I found this video. thank u so much... that final piece of advice is really motivated.
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Thank you !
I am glad they had this video. It had a lot of good points and ways of doing my reading. Thanks
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Thanks for sharing.
very helpful suggestion!
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Thank you, ma'am!
This is really great. My set of note taking basically includes a "definition" heading, and either "microbe or X profile" or "complex steps" (science courses for the next few years) and as I read I basically make an outline of the entire chapter... (Not using book headers tho) .. it's extremely time consuming. However I used this tactic "people, events, vocab" for history honors and it worked really well... The other suggestions I will give a try.
Sounds like a really good way to stay organized!
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This video is very much helpful.. 👏
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Can you do one on how to read dense academic papers?
This is a fantastic idea. Adding it to the list!!
Thanks! Really appreciate your channel..
Some papers are impossible to read. There aren't just methods. It requires special training and EXPERIENCE... Try to read Perelman's papers on Ricci flows and geomertizations...
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Thank you
Thank you för this nice and important advice for reading. I think, that it is also important to mention to have a good distance to your book and that reading is better with good natural light than with artifical light.
This is such a great point about natural light. We try to read outside or by a big window when we can - we also bought an "Ott Light" for full-spectrum light when we read at night. Be well, Socratica Friend! 💜🦉
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Great tips.
Amazing content!
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Socratica...iam going to use this technique, I will definitely reply to my comment when i pass my ACCA exam.
It is very beneficial to improvise my reading skulls, I shall apply the same in the classroom madam.
I'd suggest the book "How to read a book by Mortemir Adler and Charles Van Doren" ....ironically, i found this book hard to read in the beginning BUT something made me persist and i did. its very insightful and helps you be a better READER. Also, reading "amusing ourselves to death by Neil Postman" will cut short your video/tv watching time considerably. Happy learning.
This is very useful.
Using Active Recall is like the last step, so what she mention review before doing a practice test, making flash cards on quizzlet, and so forth.
great!
Can you do how to go over an academic paper? For example a Physics or Mathematics research paper?
Hey! You should make a video on how to make mind maps.
Well done as always. I wish I had something like this when I was a student (ok, I wish there was a CZcams when I was a student). I'm sharing this with my students, of course!
Thank you so much for sharing! We think about this all the time - imagine if we had this tool at our fingertips when we were in school!
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Thank you very much! I’ll look for We Create edu on Twitter. Always glad to meet with other educational creators!
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40 pages? Chapters in my textbook are usually around 100. :( God it takes forever.
your voice is soothing
Sent this to my daughter a few years back, now sending to my son. Hope he follows the advice.
AMAZING thank you, and we're rooting for your kids! (They already are so far ahead of the game to have a parent who cares about their learning.)
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I only took 4 classes before I had to drop out of school when working on my second bachelor's degree, but I had to relearn for myself how to be a student and how to read a textbook. My rules: 1. Actually read the assigned chapters. Every word. Preferably before the class that covers them. 2. If it will help in the class, make flashcards while reading. I used the free software, Anki. 3. While reading, do not go to the next paragraph until you understand the one that you're on. For me, this was especially true for macroeconomics and physics -- courses where new concepts build upon previous concepts.
Your last tip is really cool!
This might also be helpful in reading Tabletop RPG rulebooks.
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When you said "If you're lucky , " I thought you called my name . (REALLY!, Not kidding but joking. )
'A text book can be your resource to help learn ' What a good advice to me ! Thanks a lot Socratica~!
This shows how difficult study is for me; I am a physics student in college and:
1. None of my books have any kind of summary
2. I don't understand the Table of contents. Many topics seems repetitive
3. I don't get it what info is important and what is not. I end up highlighting everything
4. Many 'chunks' of a topic is really long
4. If something doesn't make sense, it just builds up.
5. None of my friends or professor helps me
6. We don't have any class notes. We don't go to colleges. Colleges don't teach in my area. We rely on self-study
Basically I am fucked
No offence, but it seems like you just need to organize your studies a little better. You can go to the college library and look at different textbooks from different authors until you find the one that’s right for you. I don’t think every textbook needs to have a summary, but if you prefer one, I’d say it’s better to make your own once you finish a chapter and it’s also a good way to go over the content again.
You can also google a lot of things and sometimes you can even find the pdf of some textbooks online for free, especially if it’s a classic. If you don’t get what info is important, try solving the exercises and think about what information you’ll need for them. If you have no one around to help you, there are a lot of forums where you can ask math or physics related questions (I use math stack exchange) and get help from other students.
CZcams also is a great tool for studying-if used as one. I don't know if by college you refer to university or high school because in my country we call high school, college. But anyway I used to learn and understand concepts of physics through CZcams and it made me fall in love with it- enough to enjoy the subject which I previously felt clueless about. Some of the chanels are flipping physics, Doc shuster (he's a gem), crash course, bozeman science
Best way to learn is to learn on your own
It's true that some textbooks are poorly designed and there may be some limitations to library access (and availability of relevant content within the library) depending on the geographical context. There's also the issue that some professors organize their test around the textbook's information (not the subject material on a broad scale)...so just finding another textbook could work against you. I would have to second Amna's advice about using CZcams as a complementary source for learning various academic subjects. The fact that you're already here is a good sign!
U can frame ur own summary It can take time but u can able to ought together the important points
Thanks.
Thanks
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From what you stated at 4:14, how I understood is it's so much better to take notes as you read through a chapter. Am I correct? Thanks!
A lot of mathematics students have trouble reading more advanced math books, in particular the classic works by Rudin, Ahlfors, and Lang, though there are many others. They are written in a style unfriendly to beginners, and their proofs tend to be terse and their problems very difficult. Let's just say you won't find neatly boxed equations, chapter summaries, or detailed glossaries. Some of them don't even have an index or a list of notation. I wonder if you can make a video on how to tackle books like these.
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Socratica ma’am.. Reading the preface of text book and instruction to students is also important thing in my opinion. ....give me some of your thoughts about it..
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Something else that has helped me is as part of the pre-read, I speed read it at a pace that only allows me to pick words up here and there then take a break. Speed read it slower at, like the first time, don't stop if you get off track, just keep going. You will notice all the things you saw the first time while picking up more material. Third time, skim the same material at a pace that you can clearly see about half the content. Take another break. Then read with purpose.
By the time you start reading with purpose, like some of your other tips, you are already familiar with the material but at a much greater level. The two speed reads and the skim before a full active reading with purpose only add a few minutes to ten minutes depending on chapter length and subject matter. But, by the time you are done with your real reading with purpose, your brain will feel like it already knows much of the material and will just drink it in. The trick of familiarizing your brain with the material works well. Try the two speed reads (once super fast, then fast) followed by the skim (about double to triple your normal reading rate), then a real read. You will be amazed at how well the material gets sucked into your brain.
Then, when it comes time to study for tests, you can literally skim speed up to second speed read pace review the material and really bump your grades.
On study days I would skim the material a few times over the course of a day and wow, test day it was like I was locked into the material for hours. Quick reviews before and after a real read work so well.
We're impressed with your discipline!! :D
After struggling through a few study sessions and then giving that method a try, oh man. Studying turned into shorter sessions and much less of a brain killer (material depending of course). Once I tried it, much less discipline was needed for study time than the brute force method that I used for years...and years....and years.
Good video
I will make an experiment. Read a chapter just straight normal reading and one using this method which looks great.
do share your experience!
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really helpful, also the order of the book is not necessarily the order the book could be read.
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This is worth a shot. As a adult coming back to finish this degree, I've been struggling
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I have one problem
I think every word in book is important
So what can I do for highlight step
Highlight the whole book
Harkirat Sandhu Did you watch the entire video? She mentions to pay special attention key terms, also you want to pay attention to key concepts you don’t have to highlight them, formulas, information that are bolded most likely subtitles. In math, you might see step by step instructions which there’s a name bolded so you can refer to them whenever you need.
😂😂same for me
Try to make the concept as simple as possible. Then see what is absolutely necessary for you to know to make a story out of it. Then you can just add more info on top.
In life science everything is important
thanks
Nice
Can you make video on studying using digital media as on Laptop, Ipad or cellphone?
When I read on these medias for academic purpose, it involves lot of nevigation back and forth specially in Maths and Physics and it kills the mood that why I prefer physical books but they are not as handy sometimes.
But i dont face this problem in leisure reading when i read novels or history books.
Can you please make a video on how can a foreign student (especially someone who is not a native English speaker) take notes properly in class and read the textbook faster...
Me having the same problem. Have you had the solution yet? Can you share with me?
About 4:28 - take a 5 page note of 40 page chapter as reading 5 pages is far more efficient than 40 pages. BUT theres a strong probability that i havent got the actual sense of the chapter at once or twice reading it. So ultimately i am gonna revise my misconception again and again. While if i read it from book there are chances to get it right and also notice parts that i would have missed at first time like small details as initially i was looking dense ones for eg in a formula we hardly pay attention to assumptions and the reason behind them at first go.