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Textbook Reading Sites
Harvard Report on Reading
 Word doc Find out what happened when 1500 Harvard students were quizzed on a 30 page chapter in a history textbook. It's worth it to download this Word document! http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/docs/harvard_reading_report.doc
How to mind map your textbook
Here's an alternative way to annotate your textbook, which will enhance your memory. http://www.usingmindmaps.com/how-to-mind-map-a-text-book.html
Strategic Reading PODCAST
Did you know that you don't have to read everything? Get the 4S system of reading from this Australian podcast. Turn on your speakers. https://academicskills.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/skillsoup_tip_13.mp3
Ten Tips for reading College Textboooks
Are you using all 10? http://www.uwosh.edu/readingstudycenter/documents/reading-textbooks/at_download/file
The SQ3R Reading System
Here is an explanation, which gives examples of how to make this system work. http://ccis.edu/departments/writingcenter/studyskills/sq3r.html
How to Read Academic Texts Critically
It's bad enough that I have to read the textbook, but now the prof wants me to read it critically! http://www.tc.umn.edu/~jewel001/CollegeWriting/READSPEAKTHINK/READ/HowToRead.htm#Critical
How to Mark a Section of a Textbook Chapter
This example of a page from a textbook shows what marking really looks like and what strategies were used. http://academic.cuesta.edu/acasupp/AS/610.htm
Mark Your Books!
The WHY, WHEN and HOW of marking your books from the University of Idaho! http://www.students.uidaho.edu/default.aspx?pid=84120
Maximize Comprehension by Marking Your Texts
Don't color it all yellow. Here are 10 specific strategies to use. http://academic.cuesta.edu/acasupp/AS/609.htm
Reading from Computer Monitors
Now even some of the textbooks are online! http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/assistance/learning_services/handouts/reading_from_computer_monitors.cfm
Remembering What You Read
"My prof told me to read the chapter. He didn't tell me to remember it!" http://www.csbsju.edu/academicadvising/help/remread.htm
Remembering What You've Read
Notes from Australia." Learn to use your own cognitive strengths ... to create memorability." http://www.canberra.edu.au/studyskills/learning/reading#remember
Learning from Textbooks
Active Reading. Speed and Comprehension. Reading and Concentration. http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/assistance/learning_services/handouts/learning_from_texts.cfm
Textbook Study Strategy
Plan. Do. Review. It's the doing part that's hard! http://www.riosalado.edu/library/tutorials/studySkills/Pages/textbookStrategy.aspx
Reading and Understanding Texts
Having problems with both the complexity and the amount of material that you have to read? http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/reading-skills/
Reading Difficult Material
What to do with college level textbooks from St Thomas College in St. Paul, Minn. http://www.studygs.net/texred1.htm
How to Read a Difficult Book
Still having trouble? Try Virginia Tech. http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/learn/readbook.html
How to Read University Texts or Journal Articles
Yea. A step-by-step process and only 6 steps in all! http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/reading-skills/texts.html
Reading and analysing an academic article
OK, so it's not textbook reading. But reading articles is often required for class and here is both a step by step guide and a blank form to fill it. Makes it so much easier and quicker. http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/~agraham/guides/aguide.htm
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