Reading assignments are usually every college student's
pet peeve. I take classes that require me to read a boat load amount every week. I often find myself drowning in the massive amounts a text every night because I am unable to fully grasp the main topic of the chapters I read.
THIS WEEK IT ALL ENDS! I used
T.A.R.T. in order to help understand the material. I used T.A.R.T. for my
History 101 class and my
IST 195 class because those are classes I often find myself taking on reading assignments in which I have to retain what I am reading, because my tests are based on the readings.
Visual learning involves a lot of organization and structure and through using this strategy I found a lot of organization.
When I first began using T.A.R.T. I
abbreviated terms that I found on the first page of the chapter. These are terms that I am gonna find in the chapter. I put a
star next to the terms that I without a doubt knew my teacher was going to put emphasis on. Once I
skimmed my readings for Ist I went to class the next two days and my professor spent an abundant amount of time talking about Networks and internet protocol addresses. After class I waited a day then
re-read chapter 9 and
made test questions that would probably be asked on his multiple choice exams.
I did the same process for History 101. However, instead of taking words down that were in bold letters in the beginning of the chapter,
I took down terms and definitions that I found through out the chapter that were text aids. Such as,
titles, subtitles, and headings. Due to the fact that in History my professor goes over just about everything he read I did not have to star things because he spoke about everything the next day. When I got the time to reread I thoroughly
looked over the readings to see if their was any discrepancies between his class and the readings and to see if I fully understand things the way he wants me to.
T.A.R.T. was used to help get a better understanding of the readings that I do, rather than make them easier. I also found
evaluating the information that I was able to hold on to became a lot easier as well.
When I first began using T.A.R.T. I abbreviated terms that I found on the first page of the chapter. These are terms that I am gonna find in the chapter. I put a star next to the terms that I without a doubt knew my teacher was going to put emphasis on. Once I skimmed my readings for Ist I went to class the next two days and my professor spent an abundant amount of time talking about Networks and internet protocol addresses. After class I waited a day then re-read chapter 9 and made test questions that would probably be asked on his multiple choice exams.
I think using the star to remind yourself what was the most important stuff was a smart idea. Anticipating the material is the most important part of this strategy and I think you were able to capture that this week in your classes. Nice documentation btw!
ReplyDeleteI think its really great how you explained your actions and why you did each of them. Its good to know that this strategy is extremely helpful for you because of all your reading and how you are able to break it down. Keep using text aids to help point out what is important. If you go to class and the teacher doesn't mention them you'll probably need to start reading in a different manner. Overall, good job!
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