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Chapter 7: Techniques for Learning Textbook Material |
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This topic area covers all the above named aspects for the effective highlighting and marking of textbooks with demonstrations and practice exercises for learning these skills. Also included are explanations and exercises for annotating, outlining, mapping, and summarizing textbook information.
Questions that are answered in this chapter include: (1) How can writing become an effective learning strategy during and after reading textbook material? (2) What information should be highlighted? (3) What information should be annotated and/or marked and how can these activities be used in conjunction with highlighting? (4) What is paraphrasing and how can it be used as an effective reading and study strategy? (5) What are the advantages of outlining? (6) How can mapping be used to show the relationship between main ideas and details? (7) What type of information and how much information should be included in a summary?
While summarizing is explained as a way to condense ideas, mapping is presented as a visual means of organizing ideas for the purpose of showing relationships.
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