what some good techniques i can use to remember what i read?

Question

i have an assignment in psycology 101 to read 100 pages

Answer 1

The first is to be confident in your understanding of English grammar. The second is to take memorization exercises whenever you can. The third is to make sure you understand each paragraph and try to further simplify them. The fourth is to think of likely questions that the pages could cover and see if you can understand how they answer those questions. The fifth is basic repetition of petinent data, such as dates, names, time and location, etc. The 6th is to take notes whenever a concept is complicated. You can read supplemental information to advance your understanding of parts the pages from the other book that are too vague.

Answer 2

My aunt makes a book cover of plain brown paper, and then writes down an outline of what she reads as she reads it. I think she also adds any interesting notes to it. Then, when she's done with the book she can take off the cover and keep it to refresh her memory of the book.

This is a very good technique for several reasons -- highlighting passages is good, but by actually writing them, you engage your memory at a different level, and it makes it easier to remember. Also, you don't have to flip through the textbook to find what you want to study -- you just look at the book cover.

Another way to do this is to keep a notebook next to the textbook, and make your notes and notations there.

(-: And actually, you might flip to the index of your textbook, and see if there is any information in the book about "memory" or "memorization" or "study skills." They might have some good ideas. (-: I know it's not assigned reading, but . . . .

Answer 3

1. Re-read important points. They may stick in your memory better that way.

2. Take short notes, just to remind you of what you've read.

3. Take a few minutes after every few pages, or chapter, and absorb what you've read, and think about questions (for school type text) or plot effects (for novels).

Hope that helps!

Brian

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Answer 4

Reverse psychology: read nothing, but pepper your professor with questions. Refuse to take exams because they are biased against those who haven't done the reading and instead consult Yahoo! Answers. Fail.

Answer 5

Highlight the pertinent information then scan the highlighted parts over before your test.

Answer 6

I write short notes in the margin about the material and underline. That always helps me.

Answer 7

After every chapter review what you have read by writhing each chapter in a paragraph.