Reading Strategies!!

I hope everyone had a nice parents weekend! Since I knew that I would be busy spending my time with my parents, figuring out how I’m going to do my Psych 205 readings was crucial! Thank goodness that we learned about two great strategies to use in CLS last week. Because Pysch 205 is the only lecture/ big note taking class I’m in, I decided to demonstrate both strategies for two different Psych readings!

TART!

The first strategy I used is called TART. It stands for Terms- you define and underline (or bold) all the key terms and vocabulary from the textbook. Then, you Attend the lecture and since you already have the definitions, you can use your time to write down the examples that your professor gives. Then you Read the textbook for further emphasis of the material. Lastly, you create Test questions from the reading! For my class, I attended lecture first. My professor sometimes skips pages in the textbook, so I like going and writing down all the definitions he says. Then, I look and read the textbook comprehensively, bolding all the terms. After, I look at my lecture notes and compare them and add examples from class to my textbook outline. I create test questions last and quiz myself!

Charlie Reads Smart

The next strategy I used is called Charlie Reads Smart. This stands for Chunking your reading assignment- setting up a schedule to better handle the big readings! Then you Read the textbook, looking out for major points of information. Summarizing comes next, I outlined my textbook and bolded all the key words. After, I created Test questions from the outline!

 
TART and Charlie Reads Smart are very similar and I came out with the same result. I am a visual and kinetic learner and they both deal with typing up an outline from the textbook and bolding terms. The main difference I saw was the Chunking for Charlie Reads Smart. I have hundreds of pages of reading and managing it is definitely and issue. By Chunking, I feel much less pressured and I go at my own speed. I set deadlines for myself (for example, I make sure that I start outline the textbook the day of the lecture and I finish by the next lecture! I put my questions for both chapter 6 and 7 together because they're going to be on the same test. However, I put chapter 6's questions first and then chapter 7 after. I will definitely continue using these strategies.

The test questions for both TART and Charlie Reads Smart

 -Hannah :)