Comments on: 7 Ways to Remember What You Read

By: Wes

Wes — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 15:54:42 +0000

Wonderful insights and tips. Memorization can be very difficult if you haven’t practiced it in a while.
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Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:39:32 +0000

[...] as if you will be teaching. Read your material as if you must teach someone else what you read. This will help you remember it [...]

By: Md.Jahidul Islam

Md.Jahidul Islam — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 04:47:05 +0000

How ever can I improve english

By: Father Landmark

Father Landmark — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:18:47 +0000

thanks alot for your thought. the new generation will live to appreciate this.

By: Vivek

Vivek — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:18:22 +0000

Hii..
It was very nice reading all the points and experiencing them after a month ..
So, i just want u to know that these points also help for high school studies..
Thanks a lot….
I appreciate u..

By: Manuel

Manuel — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:58:45 +0000

You make one great advice, especially on step 7. Reading environments are more important than to be distracted by the nonsense around you. I live in a fairly small house, but I found a reading environment that works wonders. I tried to find multiple reading locations, but they make my body and eyes feel really uneasy. So it’s nice to include that tip.

Thanks, I appreciated it.

By: Peter Q. Wolfe

Peter Q. Wolfe — Tue, 25 May 2010 12:46:52 +0000

I’m a college student and most of the imperfected typo list was on the spot. However, my fiance had a tough biology course in colllege with a canadian instructor and she said that “The best way of learning is in a bulleted list outline format”. I’ve incorporated this into my college studies at Auburn University and in general list are more clear and to the point rather than dragged out sentences. Another thing is to remember content words like critical words. For example, President Kennedy was shot in Dallas Texas on Ford Road. The Ford Road, Dallas and Kennedy would be the top three and context should be gathered from multiple times of discussion or reading yourself. I also agree social networking of reading needs to be fostered to understand almost anything and hence why foreign language being a prime example cannot be fully self-taught unless your language is remarkably close like spanish and itallian perhaps?
Secondly, I have this same problem with leisurely reading. It’s about a mindset when you come to reading as well. Are you there to bs or really obtain something with long hours of rereading or asking yourselves critical questions? Then, you write down important notes like I did in one of my most recent projects about An Autiobiography of Jane Pittman. Characters, plot, history timeline, places, events and such are key terms. They really emphasize this in college about unique terms and how they differ in subject. Also, write down words you don’t know and look them up instantly if possible so you understand the context of it and if you don’t know how to spell a word the same if possible. Another thing is punctuation is to look it up as well. Mmmmm, I am getting the Pen Commandments and really think everyone could benefit from an occasional grammar book or foreign language book. Another free pointer is if you don’t use it you will lose it so use your tools you gained from high school and get the rust spots out by exercising your brain on unfamilar or weaker areas not just your strong suites (e.g. english writers do math and vice versa).
Thirdly and finally, I would also advise of course reading books about this material from multiple authors. Look at who, when and where these books were written and for whom? These give you insider information into what the writer thought and what their motivation was when writing this book and hence the reason why political books are not the best books to read due to a biased opinion. Watch out for subjective versus objective material cause books in non-fiction that ever start off with either
1. I believe
2. it is my opinion
3. I don’t know
4. My experience
5. My past research has
6. The United States or any slanted one way of looking at something is wrong.
6. quite contrary to common misbelief history isn’t just wrote by the victors either.
So, in short try to focus, absorb, question and analyze, interprete, debate or discuss, write, rewrite and write again. Then, before spouting opinions read first before opening your mouth just admit when you don’t know anything. It takes a bigger person to admit the truth rather than living in some sinful lie anyways. If you have additional tips can anybody e-mail me? All of the other ideas are okay for visual learners but I’m blind and use tactical or speech (audio) via Window-Eyes at Gw Micro or reader to learn myself. Good luck with all of your endeavors and I’m going to be a history or political science teacher even though if fate was on my side I would be an engineer if I had a choice cause we need more high end degree holders in the states due to the brain drain affect from foreign countries (e.g. India, China, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Poland, Italy, Britian, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Africa, Middle East, and other places indigenous to less developed economic sectors.

By: shabbir

shabbir — Sun, 16 May 2010 03:58:42 +0000

the first tip is relly wonderful

By: Andy White

Andy White — Sat, 15 May 2010 19:29:11 +0000

Cameron Schaefer,

I found the 1st tip more useful than everything else. The best we understand a concept is when we are supposed to explain it to someone. ‘WHY?’ is what we need to think of when we read something and that’s what you do when you prepare to teach someone.

-Andy White

By: uttam b j

uttam b j — Sat, 08 May 2010 13:44:57 +0000

tip no1 is exalent………i wonder what may b the case now if that tip been heard in my child hood……!