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Chapter 1: Developing Your Efficiency and Flexibility

Chapter 1: Developing Your Efficiency and Flexibility. Efficient and Flexible Reading, 8/e Kathleen T. McWhorter. In this chapter you will learn:. To analyze your reading efficiency and flexibility. To assess your learning style. To understand factors that affect rate and comprehension.

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Chapter 1: Developing Your Efficiency and Flexibility

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  1. Chapter 1:Developing Your Efficiency and Flexibility Efficient and Flexible Reading,8/e Kathleen T. McWhorter 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman Publishers

  2. In this chapter you will learn: • To analyze your reading efficiency and flexibility. • To assess your learning style. • To understand factors that affect rate and comprehension. • The basic principles that govern efficiency and flexibility. 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman Publishers

  3. Questionnaires in Chapter 1 • Take the Efficiency Questionnaire to help you analyze whether you are an efficient reader. • Take the Learning Style Questionnaire to analyze your best learning strategies. 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman Publishers

  4. Learning Styles andReading/Learning Strategies Auditory: • Discuss/study with friends. • Talk aloud when studying. • Tape record self-testing questions and answers. 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman Publishers

  5. Learning Styles and Reading/Learning Strategies Visual: • Draw diagrams, charts, and/or tables. • Try to visualize events. • Use films and videos when available. • Use CD-ROM’s or software when available. 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman Publishers

  6. Learning Styles and Reading/Learning Strategies Applied: • Think of practical situations to which learning applies. • Associate ideas with their application. • Use case studies, examples, and applications to cue your learning. 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman Publishers

  7. Learning Styles and Reading/Learning Strategies Conceptual: • Organize materials that lack order. • Use outlining. • Focus on organizational patterns. 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman Publishers

  8. Learning Styles and Reading/Learning Strategies Spatial: • Use mapping. • Use outlining. • Draw diagrams. • Make charts and sketches. • Use visualization. 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman Publishers

  9. Learning Styles and Reading/Learning Strategies Verbal: • Translate diagrams and drawings into language. • Record steps, processes, and procedures in words. • Write summaries. • Write your interpretation next to textbook drawings, maps, and graphics. 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman Publishers

  10. Learning Styles and Reading/Learning Strategies Social: • Form study groups. • Find a study partner. • Interact with the instructor. • Work with a tutor. 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman Publishers

  11. Learning Styles and Reading/Learning Strategies Independent: • Use computer assisted instruction when available. • Purchase review workbooks or study guides when available. • Use the technology that accompanies your textbook. 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman Publishers

  12. Learning Styles and Reading/Learning Strategies Creative: • Ask and answer questions. • Record your own ideas in the margins of textbooks. 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman Publishers

  13. Learning Styles and Reading/Learning Strategies Pragmatic: • Study in an organized environment. • Write lists of steps, procedures, and processes. • Paraphrase difficult materials. 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman Publishers

  14. Developing a Learning Action Plan • Circle the five aspects of your learning style in which you received higher scores. • Read through the suggestions that apply to you. • Place a check mark in front of the suggestions that you think will work for you. • List the suggestions that you chose in the “Action Plan for Learning” box. • Experiment with these techniques, one at a time. 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman Publishers

  15. Developing Reading Flexibility: Assessing Difficulty Preread and Consider: • The Format. • Graphic and Visual Material. • Typographical Aids. • Language Features. • Subject Matter. • Length. • Organization. 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman Publishers

  16. Developing Reading Flexibility: Defining Your Purpose Consider: • Type of Material • Purpose in Reading • Desired Level of Comprehension • Approximate Range of Reading Rate See Table 1.2 in your text. 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman Publishers

  17. Developing Reading Flexibility: Assessing Your Skills and Abilities Consider: • Your Background Knowledge • Your Physical and Mental State • Your Interest Level • Your Reading Skills 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman Publishers

  18. Developing Reading Flexibility: Varying Your Rate and Comprehension • Clearly define your purpose for reading the material. • Analyze what, if anything, you will be required to do after you have read the material. • Evaluate the relative difficulty of the material. 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman Publishers

  19. Principles of Efficiency and Flexibility • You do not always have to read everything. • Not everything on a page is of equal importance. • Shortcuts can save valuable time and make reading or studying easier. • You can increase your reading rate without losing comprehension. • Not everything that appears in print is true. 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman Publishers

  20. Evaluating Your Rate and Flexibility • After you have chosen a passage in a book or article, count the total number of words in any three lines. • Count the number of lines on one page of the article or book. • As you read, time yourself. • Divide the total reading time into the total number of words. See the example in the textbook. 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman Publishers

  21. Critical Reading Tip #1: Developing Critical-Thinking Skills Check List When you read do you: • Question the author’s motive? • Think about what the author means as well as what he or she says? • Ask Why? or How? as you read? • Pay attention to the author’s choice of words and their impact on you? • Evaluate the evidence or reasons an author provides to support an idea? 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman Publishers

  22. SUMMARY Check List • What is meant by reading efficiency and reading flexibility? • What is learning style? • What are the features of a piece of writing that can affect its level of reading difficulty? • What characteristics or circumstances can affect your reading rate? • Why should you vary your reading rate and level of comprehension? • What are the five major principles behind the techniques presented in this book? 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman Publishers

  23. Go Electronic http://www.ablongman.com/mcwhorter Take a Road Trip to the Indianapolis Speedway on the CD-ROM! 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman Publishers

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