UTPB UNIV 1001 Freshmen Seminar Chapter 5

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UTPB UNIV 1001Freshmen Seminar Chapter 5

• Reading and Studying

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Dealing With Reading Overload

• Can you give examples of assignments you have had
  which were all due at the same time?
• How did you handle it?
• It happens to everyone!

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Working Through Difficult Texts

• Approach your reading assignment positively
• Accept that some texts require extra work
• Ask instructor or other students to explain
  difficult concepts
• Look for order and meaning in seemingly chaotic
  reading material

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Managing Distractions

• Identify the Distraction and
  Choose a Suitable Action
• Move away from it
• Noise outside
• Noisy group in library
• Turn off
• T.V., radio, telephone
• Managing children while studying
• Keep them busy whenever possible

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Find Best Place and Time to Read

• Read alone unless you are working with other
  readers.
• Find a comfortable location.
• Choose a regular reading place and time.
• If it helps you concentrate, listen to soothing
  background music.
• Turn off the television.

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Increasing Reading Comprehension

• Continually build knowledge
• Establish your purpose for reading.
• Remove the barriers of negative self-talk
• Think critically

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Increasing Reading Speed

• Read groups of words rather than single words.
• Avoid pointing your finger to guide .
• Try swinging your eyes from side to side.
• In narrow columns, focus your eyes in the middle.
• Avoid subvocalizing when reading.
• Subvocalizing is Avoid thinking of each word.

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Expand Your Vocabulary

• Use a dictionary
• Read every meaning, not just the first.
• Substitute a word or phrase from the definition
  for the word.
• Keep a journal of every new word you learn,
  including definitions.

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Reading and Writing Words in Context

• Use new words in a sentence.
• Reread the sentence where you originally saw the
  word.
• Use the word over the next few days.
• Where have you seen the word before?
• Seek knowledgeable advice.

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Learn Prefixes and Suffixes

• Prefixes are added to the beginning
• a,abaway sub,supunder
• Suffixes are added to the end
• istone who nessstate of

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Purpose Determines Reading Strategy

• 1. Read to Evaluate Critically.
• 2. Read for Comprehension.
• 3. Read for Practical Application.
• 4. Read for Pleasure.

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Purpose Determines Pace

• page 172 Table 5-2

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PQ3R

• Preview
• Question
• Read
• Recite
• Review

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Previewing Devices

• Beginning of text or chapters
• preface and table of contents
• objectives, outlines and summary
• Opening story
• Middle of chapters
• bold words, margin glossary
• section summaries, review questions
• tables, figures, art

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Previewing Devices

• End of chapter
• glossary or key terms
• review questions
• summary
• End of text
• glossary
• index
• bibliography
• appendix

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Question

• Write questions linked to headings.
• Focus your attention
• Increase you interest
• Relate to what you already know

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Read

• Mark text after you read
• Highlight key terms and concepts
• Use different colors
• Highlight figures and tables
• Avoid overmarking
• Mark lt10
• Put brackets by long passages
• Write notes in margins
• Highlighting is NOT learning

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Recite

• Silently to yourself
• Aloud
• Write

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Review

• Your choice will depend on your Multiple
  Intelligences
• Skim and reread notes
• Then summarize from memory
• Answer chapter questions
• Answer the questions you wrote
• Review highlighting
• Reread preface, headings, tables, and summary
• Create chapter outline or think link (mindmap)
• Make flashcards
• Read key points into a tape recorder

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• How do you like to study material?

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Review in Study Group

• Think link on page 177 Figure 5-3

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Read Critically

• Construct a summary
• One of best way to understand new material
• it is a concise restatement of the material, in
  your own words, that covers the main points.
• Question the following (use Mind Actions
  to help)
• Central idea
• Specific idea or statement
• Examples or proof of fact
• Definition of a concept
• see top of page 182 for excellent examples

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Engage Critical-Thinking Processes

• Establishing Truth
• Is this true? How does the writer know?
• What assumptions underlie this?
• What examples disprove this?
• Constructing an Argument
• How is the writer trying to persuade me?
• Does this seem logical?
• Do the examples support the argument?
• Shifting Perspective
• What is the authors perspective?
• How does the materials source affect its
  perspective?

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What Does Your Library Offer?

• General Reference Works
• encyclopedias
• almanacs
• dictionaries
• biographical reference works
• bibliographiesBooks in Print
• Specialized Reference Works
• Dictionary of Psychology

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What Does Your Library Offer?

• Library Book Catalog
• Lists every book in library
  authors names, book title, and subject
• On computer or index cards
• Periodical Indexes
• Readers Guide to Periodical Literature

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What Does Your Library Offer?

• Electronic Research
• Internet, on-line services, and CD-ROM
• Complete articles from journals and newspapers
• Government data
• Business documents

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