Read carefully the last paragraph for summary information. Carefully review tables, charts and any side boxes. From your preview, formulate an overall picture and the purpose of what you are going to study. Write these questions in the margins of your text book or at the top of your lecture or study notes. READ Read specifically to answer the questions.
Most paragraphs contain one or more main ideas in support of that concept.
Locate and highlight them with a marker. Make notes in the margins summarizing key points. Pay special attention to bold or italicized type and to tables, graphs and illustrations which may explain an idea more powerfully than text. Each mini review is a knowledge builder and memory reinforcer. Reread difficult parts, work a few more problems.