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While reading one has to be clear that why we're reading - Goal of Reading. Are reading to show-off by memorizing a bunch of facts, are we reading to understand the subject or are we reading to understand what the book says. (1/n)
While reading one has to be clear that why we're reading - Goal of Reading. Are reading to show-off by memorizing a bunch of facts, are we reading to understand the subject or are we reading to understand what the book says. (1/n)
Continuously reading and being inundated with facts is actually a detriment to understanding.
Reading occurs in 4 different levels. Going a level up means you have completely mastered the level below. Every book cannot be read like how one would read a novel.
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Reading occurs in 4 different levels. Going a level up means you have completely mastered the level below. Every book cannot be read like how one would read a novel.
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1. Elementary Reading
2. Inspectional Reading
3. Analytical Reading
4. Syntopical Reading
Will focus on first 3 than 4. Once you read the thread you will understand. Why? (3/n)
2. Inspectional Reading
3. Analytical Reading
4. Syntopical Reading
Will focus on first 3 than 4. Once you read the thread you will understand. Why? (3/n)
1. Elementary Reading
This is the reading which most of them do. It involves understanding the basic sentence structure and perceiving the meaning behind the line and basic semantics.
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This is the reading which most of them do. It involves understanding the basic sentence structure and perceiving the meaning behind the line and basic semantics.
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2. Inspectional Reading
In this stage, one has to inspect the book/chapter before going into deep diving. This involves reading the Title, summary, chapter headings, side headings sometimes skimming through few pages before you get a feel for what the book is trying to say.(5/n)
In this stage, one has to inspect the book/chapter before going into deep diving. This involves reading the Title, summary, chapter headings, side headings sometimes skimming through few pages before you get a feel for what the book is trying to say.(5/n)
Many other techniques are involved in Inspectional Reading. This actually primes the brain to the book.
3. Analytical Reading
This reading is the actual 'active reading.' Analytical reading means chewing and digesting the book. (6/n)
3. Analytical Reading
This reading is the actual 'active reading.' Analytical reading means chewing and digesting the book. (6/n)
The difference between 'Active Readers' and 'Passive Readers' will be in Analytical Reading. One has to ask questions to the book. Engage with it. Questions must include but not limited to -
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1. What is the book about
2. What is the book saying in detail and how?
3. Is the book true in whole or part
4. What is the significance
In fact it becomes the duty of the reader to ask these questions and more to get the most out of the book. (8/n)
2. What is the book saying in detail and how?
3. Is the book true in whole or part
4. What is the significance
In fact it becomes the duty of the reader to ask these questions and more to get the most out of the book. (8/n)
That's the difference between demanding and undemanding reader. One cannot learn this skill overnight. It takes patience, practice and effective learning techniques to master this skill. (9/n)
Let's digress a little bit and understand why it takes patience and skill. You see the brain has a limited capacity to hold information in one intellectual setting. Furthermore, after an actual strenuous intellectual activity, the brain needs time to process the information.(10/n
During the wait time, where the brain doesn't focus on a specific thing, the brain actually does diffused thinking to soak in all the information and analysis. It's like going to a gym. Rest is as important as workout. (11/n)
4. Syntopical Reading or Comparative Reading
After going through the thread one can easily make out what it is. The reader reads multiple books on the subject. Doesn't comparative study and will be able to summarize the concept in his/her own words succinctly in any form (12/n).
After going through the thread one can easily make out what it is. The reader reads multiple books on the subject. Doesn't comparative study and will be able to summarize the concept in his/her own words succinctly in any form (12/n).
Why this is all needed and to learn Effectively?
You see just voraciously, vivaciously or compulsively will not translate into deeply understanding or learning a subject. This is the same mistake students do while cramming the night before. (13/n)
You see just voraciously, vivaciously or compulsively will not translate into deeply understanding or learning a subject. This is the same mistake students do while cramming the night before. (13/n)
Montaigne speaks of “an abecedarian ignorance that precedes knowledge, and a doctoral ignorance that comes after it.” The first is the ignorance of those who, not knowing their ABC’s, cannot read at all. The second is the ignorance of those who have misread many books. (14/n)
They are, as Alexander Pope rightly calls them, bookful blockheads, ignorantly read.
The saying in Telugu చదవక ముందు కాకరకాయ చదివిన తరువాత కికరకాయ అన్నాడుట seems apt here. Shows how knowledge corrupts if it’s misrepresented or misunderstood. (15/n)
The saying in Telugu చదవక ముందు కాకరకాయ చదివిన తరువాత కికరకాయ అన్నాడుట seems apt here. Shows how knowledge corrupts if it’s misrepresented or misunderstood. (15/n)
Effective learning happens through in best possible way through two techniques
1. Active Recall (Test taking)
2. Spaced Repetition (Revision by spacing time interval)
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1. Active Recall (Test taking)
2. Spaced Repetition (Revision by spacing time interval)
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Note taking, Re-reading or highlighting are some of the least preferable ways scientifically to understand/learn a subject.
The said two techniques work best because they target the forgetting curve of the human brain. (17/n)
The said two techniques work best because they target the forgetting curve of the human brain. (17/n)
Now keeping the above information in mind one has to understand how to read and learn new things effectively. If you still don't get it, ask your closest Medical or Law Degree student. (n/n)
