speed reading class: how to make difficult reading easy

How To Make Difficult Reading Easy

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Gaining Background Knowledge Before Reading

The more familiar you are with a subject, the easier it will be to read.

Multiple Reading Process

1. Preview2. Overview3. Read4. Final Review5. Recite

Consider Doing MRP on Sections

PreviewOverview

Read

Then move on to the next section in the chapter.

Read & Recall

Read a paragraph, immediately write what it was about (a keyword or 2-3 words max)

Dealing with Diagrams, Charts, Formulas, etc.

How To Get Maximum Comprehension When You Must Analyze a Diagram, Chart or Forumula

How Taking Notes Creatively Makes Reading Easier

Taking Notes Strengthens Retention

Mind Mapping Helps You Remember Visually

Pushing Through the Material

How To Avoid Re-Reading

When you should re-read

Pushing Through the Material

Making marks to signify difficult areas

Mental Checkpoints

To make sure you are focused check to see if you are still paying attention after each section.

Using Questions To Read Critically

What?

Why?

How?

Reading Philosophy

Try to find the question the author is trying to answer

3 Other Ways to Improve Quality of Comprehension

1. Reading a wide variety of material2. Discussion3. Testing (Actual Tests or Self-recitation)

When To Look Up Unfamiliar Terms

After you finish a paragraph

Don't Read to Remember, Read to Understand

Reading for Understanding is that Goal

After you've understood the material, you can then focus on trying to remember it.