Reading Skills
Speed reading
Daydreaming
Psuedo Skimming Technique
Highlighting
You need to pause frequently to give your working memory time to process each bit of information before moving onto a new piece of information
Skipping "glue" words such as "and", "but" and "however" and focusing on content words that contain the main ideas of a text
Set a time goal to prevent this
Pay attention to the first and last sentence of each paragraph as well as any special formatting such as bolding and italics
Be selective with what you are highlighting
It is easy to mistake recognition with true recall when you highlight too many words in a text
Morse Code Method
Draw a dot next to interesting main ideas
Draw a dash next to an example or explanation that supports the main idea
Avoids slowing down while reading, which helps you to fully comprehend the text before reviewing it
Active reading
SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review)
Recite = Taking notes
Survey = skimming a text before reading it
Review = Writing summaries
Question = Writing questions before reading a text