Reading & Summarising skills

Aims of the session

To develop effective techniques for reading & summarising for learning through reflection, input and practice.

Aims of the session

To develop effective techniques for reading & summarising for learning, through reflection, input and practice.

Reading the principlism document

Discuss in groups:

•How long did it take you to read the text?

•What reading techniques did you use?

•How effective were your reading skills?

•What would you do differently next time?

Note-taking / summarising

Compare your summaries

•What note-taking techniques did you use?

•What process did you go through to make the summary?

•Were any of your techniques particularly effective or ineffective?

Reading effectively for study

•Reading quickly

•Finding information efficiently

•Focussing and concentrating

•Having a purpose & using appropriate skills to achieve it

•Doing something with the info e.g. making notes

Slow reading habits

•Vocalising or pronouncing the words

•Looking at the individual words rather than the ideas

•Tunnel reading – can’t see the wood for the trees

•Regressing / going back and re-reading for fear of missing something important

Reading quickly – predicting & connecting ideas

•When you read quickly you will probably find t skip words and thlogical connections between them to make sense of it.

predicting & connecting ideas

•When you read quickly you will probably find that you skip words and then make logical connections between them to make sense of it.

Reading Quickly & Efficiently

‘Speed reading’ involves:

•Skimming

•Scanning

•Guessing

•Engaging actively with the text