Greetings everyone! Today's meeting was an intimate discussion about our lives as first-generation and/or low-income students. We heard some personal stories and experiences that resonated with others and felt a little closer to our Chi Alpha Epsilon Family. If you are interested in participating in something like this in the future, keep a look out for a school-wide level fishbowl!
Hello hello! Hope everyone has had a great quarter so far! This week's workshop was on Improving Reading Comprehension.
A major key in improving reading comprehension is Active Reading! It is important that you engage with the reading, summarize what you have read, and try to apply it to other concepts. Before you begin reading... Analyze what you are about to read! For textbook readings (chapters), take a look at the table of contents. Pay attention to the title of the chapter and sections within the chapter. This will allow you to determine what the reading will be about, and will help you to create an outline for note-taking. Fill in this outline while reading, adding a section got a summary at the end. For articles, research reports, etc., pre-read by skimming over the article. Be on the lookout for an abstract in the beginning, major headings, subheadings, graphs and charts/illustrated data. You could also get a good sense of what the article is about by reading the first sentence of each paragraph. This is where the main ideas are usually located! While reading... Take notes! Whether you're writing down notes as you go along, filling in your outlines, or annotating the reading directly, reading notes may include: - Main ideas - Vocabulary words - Personal thoughts and reflections - Writing information in your own words so that it is easier to understand - Pictures, screenshots, drawings - Making connections Some questions you may want to ask yourself before or after reading include: - What's the main idea? What details support this? - Does the reading raise further questions? - Can I summarize what I read? - What is this? What did I just read After reading...and some final tips! - Review your reading notes! Go back and take a look at what you've written down. This could serve as a supplement to your studies, and can be done during short breaks, while you are walking to class, right before class, etc. - Read out loud! If you are in an area where you can do so, reading aloud may help you to better retain the information and FOCUS. - Read during times of optimal concentration! Of course, do not read when you are tired. Good times to read are in the mornings and afternoons. - Break up large readings into chunks that can be done over the span of a few days! For example, if you need to read 20 pages for a chapter, split the readings into 10 pages a day. - Just like how you would take breaks while studying, you should also take breaks while reading. - Discuss the readings. This is a good time to bring up any questions or thoughts you have to your professor, TA, classmates, friends, family, or even pets! This was a brief overview of the workshop! If you have any questions or comments, send us an email at [email protected]! We've got a lot more upcoming workshops, events and socials, so check our Events calendar or come out to weekly meetings for more information. Good luck on midterms! |
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