Detailed Steps for Reading Textbooks Detailed Steps for Reading Textbooks 1. Scan the chapter for clues to its general overview .
Summaries are the authors important clues.
Glance at the heading and sub-heading in the chapter. Look at the captions of pictures, charts, tables, and graphs. Glance at key words. They will be italicized in bold print, or capitalized. Write questions in the margins of your books.