CRCB CHAPTER1

CHAPTER 1

READING IN COLLEGE.

READING: Reading is an active process that depends on both an author’s ability to convey meaning using words and your ability to create meaning from them.

READING STRETAGES.

1. Team up: share your thought with more one or two people.
This skill allows you to see how other students learn and think.

2. Take one minute: this technique requires you to think about what you have just
learned and quickly demonstrate that you understand it

3. learning journal: this technique help you analyze reading strategies and assess your
Learning . using a learning journal help you remember 80~90 percent og what
you read.



How learning journals work.

When you use a journal regulary, you will find that you benefit in other ways too.
The journal will make you aware of how you study, when you study, and where you study.
Change you make, based on this information, will improve your concentration which in turn, will help you better understand your text book material.

Using your learning journal.

1. using learning journal helps our concentration. Make a note divided.
2. you have to write the date and the title of the book.
3. use the journal prompts provided throughout this book to begin writing about what you have read and how you think about it


how a learning journal helps you develop concentration.

Before you begin work with your journal, assess your current knowledge of concentration by completing the following survey.
The result will tell how much you know about concentration as a reading strategy and what new information you should benefit from learning.



Concentration.

Concentration can be learned.
The Concentration techniques will help you develop positive study strategies, which will make you a more effective reader.

Learning styles

Identifying your preferred learning style makes it easier for you to concentrate.
Knowing your preferred learning style allows you to identify and strengthen the learning styles you find more challenging.

Discovering your concentration blocks.

There are two kind of distracters that distracts you when you are reading.
Internal and external.

Internal: come from inside you
External: come from your environment



Five techniques for improving your concentration.

1. using the checkmark monitoring system.
2. creating a study environment
3. creating a positive mental attitude
4. using your journal as a worry pad
5. writing a letter