Active Reading skills I have acquired in English is something applicable to many of my other courses as well. It is important for me to be capable of picking and choosing what information I feel is important to note down. In Biology, for example, the textbook provides an abundance of information and so with these active reading skills, I am able to select the information I think is the most important and one that will need to be written down in order to better comprehend the content of the course. I will definitely be trying more to apply these skills to my biology class as well, perhaps even all of my classes.
Hi, Afnan,
Do you use summary skills in Bio? You may want to use your notes to either write or think about how may summarize each section. I look forward to learning about your progress.
Hi Professor Jen,
It’s a little hard for me to get used to it because I tend to write so much excessive detail but, I have tried to use summary skills in Bio because it’s important for me to make sure I understand the main points of the topic and not focus on the tiny, surface details. I can see that I’ve improved with my note talking; the online assignments we have also help with it because they highlight the main parts of the chapter that we should remember. In addition, I make sure to write down everything my professor says in her lecture because it’s mainly what we get tested on. I can say that this method has positively affected me thus far and I hope it continues to do so! 🙂