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How To Absorb Textbooks Like A Sponge

The document provides tips for effectively absorbing textbook information like a sponge in 5 steps: 1) Flip through the chapter pages to get an overview; 2) Review the end of chapter questions to understand key takeaways; 3) Read the beginning to understand the structure and topics; 4) Focus on the first and last sentence of each paragraph to summarize; 5) With the preview complete, read and take notes on the chapter. The process emphasizes repetition to aid learning.

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How To Absorb Textbooks Like A Sponge

The document provides tips for effectively absorbing textbook information like a sponge in 5 steps: 1) Flip through the chapter pages to get an overview; 2) Review the end of chapter questions to understand key takeaways; 3) Read the beginning to understand the structure and topics; 4) Focus on the first and last sentence of each paragraph to summarize; 5) With the preview complete, read and take notes on the chapter. The process emphasizes repetition to aid learning.

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How to ABSORB TEXTBOOKS like a sponge…

By: Matt DiMaio

Summary:

1. Flip through the pages


a. How long is the chapter?
b. How many words are there compared to images
c. Does anything jump out at you? Graphs, images, tables etc.

2. Go to the end of the chapter


a. Did they give you any sort of a quiz?
b. Quiz will give the important information that should be gained from the chapter

3. Go to the beginning of the chapter


a. Read the bold print
b. Titles, subtitles, headings: Break down of information

4. Go to the beginning one more time


a. First and last sentence in each paragraph
b. First sentence is the introduction. The last sentence of the paragraph helps
you sum it up

5. Now you have got the preview


a. Start reading the chapter and make your notes on it

***REPETITION IS MOTHER OF LEARNING ***

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