Academic Reading Process Step III

Hopefully after reading the previous two blogs, you have added a few strategies to your reading process.  Now you are finished reading the assignment, but you are not done yet!

By simply spending a little more time with the material, you will greatly enhance your retention.  Here are some suggestions:

1.  Review!  This will just take a few minutes.  To review, reread some of the following:

• Margin notes
• Headings and sub-headings
• Bold print words

2.  If available, test yourself using any learning objectives that were are the beginning of a textbook chapter.

3.  If you really need/want to know the material, you can also make a sutdy guide.  Try one of these formats:

• Outline
• Concept map/mind map
• Study cards
• Question and answer
• Time line (does not work for every topic)
• Review chart

The point is to pause and review.  This helps the informaiton move into your long-term memory and stay there.  Try it!