Today we will learn
some scientific techniques to help you read a textbook in the right manner. I'm
going to give you a step-by-step process of how to read a textbook effectively.
I'm also gonna give you three bonus tips at the end. Now, these techniques are
scientifically based on the science of how memory works. So, it doesn't matter which
book you're reading or how old you are. These techniques are going to work for
you. Now let's begin with how to read a textbook effectively and remember what
you've read.
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Step
number one
Know your goal: Take a
strategic approach and know how you're going to be tested on this book. Is it MCQs
or long answer type short answers or fill in the blanks? Knowing this before
you begin reading helps. We take a big-picture approach to the book.
Step
number two is called impress
Create the right first impression.
Suppose a new girl has joined your school and you want to make friends with her.
Chances are you're gonna ask people “hey who she? Where she comes from? Before
you start making that first conversation with her. Similarly to create a good
first impression on your memory you need to prime your brain. Maybe you want to
read an overview of the content on the internet. Go through a video or a
documentary become familiar before you dive in. Remember content is king but
context is God.
Step
number three is called systematic skimming
Now, when you begin to
have that first conversation with this girl, chances are it's going to over
around the bigger topics like with cities you've lived in. What do your parents
do? How many siblings do you have? With school did you go to earlier? Etc., Similarly,
act like this when you start reading that book for the first time. Now, that
you've already made that good first impression, try making friends with the
book. Skip the chapter and go over the points in bold. The blurbs and the
headings and formulate a big picture in your mind,
Step
number four is called associate
This is like sitting
down with your book and reading the chapter from start to end. It's a bit like
sitting down with your friend and having a long conversation with her. Now
chances are you're going to associate some of the things you find out about her, for example, you may say she resembles my cousin or she likes chocolate cake, or
just like my neighbor. Similarly, building associations with your text helps
you remember it for a long time. For example, the date on which the war began
was my dad's birthday or the character's name resembles my friends.
Step
number five engages all your senses
Now imagine taking
dozens and dozens of clothes and trying to hang them up on a wall on one single
hook. Chances are some of them might stay and most of them are just gonna fall
down. What we need is multiple hooks at different points on that wall likewise our
brain is that wall and reading the book is the one hook on which we are trying
to put all the information and hoping that it stays like that. We need to
create multiple hooks in our brain and our senses are those multiple hooks. How
do we develop a photogenic memory to help us recollect the entire text visually?
I found that by trying to remember the corner of the page, the information
appeared on it will help me recall it better. In the exams also think in pictures.
The more groups or vivid the images are, the more likely we are to remember it.
Make mind maps, charts, and diagrams. Maybe see videos and documentaries to
sound. Sound will help us create new associations in a different part of the
brain, so read out aloud especially the keywords. You must read them aloud,
teach someone or discuss it with a classmate you know. If you want more techniques, then click on
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