summary 1. Do Active reading by taking notes. 2. Determine the focus of reading: main concepts or details. 3. Measure daily progress by effort or outcome. 4. Reward myself after reading.
Thanks for the lessons Thomas, I've really learned a lot. Here's my note on this video 3 Main Goals of reading 1) Get right information 2) retain info 3) Spend less time Understand the purpose of reading your textbook 1:45 1) Answer MCQs 2) To write an essay in your own words 3) Evaluate data 4) Summarize in order to present - Practice Active reading versus passive reading, more info in next video - Create input or output or a combination of reading routine
You are just stating the obvious. No one actually explains how to the biggest obstacle of reading. You approach this as a one size fits all method. This may not be effective to everyone or every reading.
Yup you can also make sure you know the content by explaining to a friend or to yourself, that way when the exam comes you only have to review and fill in the gaps and what you transfer to your long term memory is never forgotten :) it does take practice tho
For the most part, the "speed reading" that you'll hear claims about either is a scam or isn't useful for when you're actually trying to learn. You may be able to make moderate speed gains, however - though many of them will come through the techniques I talked about in my Active Reading video rather than stuff like "eliminating sub-vocalization". I'd like to do a video on this soon, but Scott Young wrote a fantastic blog post on the subject recently: www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2015/01/19/speed-reading-redo/
I know it sounds really simple, but as someone who was taught at school to memorize everything in order to learn, I now realize that the best way I've come to learn what is on the pages is to understand everything. Treat it like a story you are listening to. You want to know the details, the relationships between subjects, you want to be capable of explaining it to someone else. I wish someone had told me about this during high school.
It takes time to learn how to get through textbooks and reading material, particularly for a subject you hate, but I have a tip that may help if your really struggling. My most hated subject is history so naturally reading a chapter of a history textbook is practically torturous for me, but I finally figured out a way that helps me remember most of what I read. I'v started focusing on turning what I'm reading into a mental image in my head (its a bit similar to those short "Animated Hero Classics" they made us watch in elementary school). Yeah I know It sounds weird, and if you don't have a good imagination then this probably won't help, but when I read the material and then I can see it in my head it makes it way easier to get through the reading assignments.And because I can associate mental images of people and places it also helps me remember important names and events. So if anyone else has as many issues with history as I have, try that tip out and see if it helps.
I had to show this to my 4th grader. I had told him he had to take notes in class but didn't know how to explain or show him on how to do so. He was fully engaged and interested in not only one but several of your videos. I just had to let you know.
I never really knew how to study in school until I borrowed a video called "where there's a will, there's an A" I was in high school and it was the college version (they had three versions I think) so I just had to take what I could bit it really helped... They really don't teach you how to learn or how to get good grades, somehow they think we are just supposed to know! PS I'm 43 now. I'm not currently in school but I love watching how to study videos because I'm super weird and would be a professional student if somebody would fund it!
I was always lost during reading my textbooks and I thought "I'm just reading to learn what I'm expected to for my exams" and that didn't have any progress because I usually just skim over hundreds of pages and get almost nothing. Your video helped a lot, thank you very much. Please keep it up. :)
Allan glad it helped! Definitely focus on actively interacting with the text and creating your own content from it in some way. In the next textbook video I'll show you a way you can keep skimming quickly while also doing this :)
this is hella hard for psych. My university tests us on the smallest details in the textbook. Everything is fair game, so I spend like 3-4 hours per chapter, and an additional 2 hours learning lecture notes. I do space my time in that I don't take more than 2 psych course per semester
Summary 1. know what you are doing 2. the reason and the purpose of your reading 3. get the right information for what are doing 4. input study should be our main then out-put study should make us known what input study i have done 5. taking note is necessary and making summary will have us to know.
Something is meta if it's an exegetical variant of a normative statement. Take meta-ethics for example, an example of a normative statement is 'All murder is wrong.' while a meta-ethical statement is formulated like this 'All murder is wrong because the laws of my country dictate that it is.'
Alex Stefanov basically, u are training your brain to how to study. There is no such thing as study how to study. It's your brain which does all the understanding and you have to train it so it can do it effectively and efficiently.
thank you so much for this!!! I’m currently taking an 8 week (normal classes are 12-15 weeks) Abnormal Psych class where we have to read a 14 chapter book for the final exam; we’re halfway through and I’m only on chapter 3 and I was stressing out about how I was going to squeeze in 10 chapters of information in 4 weeks but your advice and tips on active reading and note taking gave me new motivation and now I’m thinking I could actually pull this off 😂
I'm not going into college, but into college prep school. It's a boarding school, and I was kind of freaking out about the work load, but watching your videos has given me a lot of confidence that I am going to do good.
I was saying this exact thing to 2 of my A&P tutorettes today. The challenge of Anatomy and Physiology is nearly as much HOW you study as WHAT you study.
Many people say note-taking isn’t an effective study strategy and I completely agree. But note-taking helps if you collect key information when a wall of text is staring back at you. You are not learning anything, you just struggle to read. So note-taking once helps me.
I know how you can get used to reading long chapters in a text book as part of an assignment or lecture readings for an assignment and how to read them faster. Just read more books. If you get tired that easily from reading college textbooks or if you are a just a slow reader. That just means you haven't read that many books lately. Reading books gets you used to reading 100s of words and therefore you would get used to reading the text book as if it were a book you read for fun.
Liked these tips. Seems intuitive and logical. Will incorporate these in my reading sessions. The bit about slogging out/zombie reading was on point. I was also more or less doing the same thing. Summary: To read more efficiently *Goal: Get right information and retain it. *Immediate practical reason for studying and improvised strategy. *Two habits: Read consistently & use active reading. *Input -output method: Read for sometime and write a note/summary on it. *Give yourself small reward for reinforcing positive feeling.
Hi, I show your videos to my college class all of the time! Thanks! They like them because they're interesting (funny at times) and informative. Keep up the great work!
Seriously you inspired me, not just for how to study or how to read. You are one of the fewest I know who really get their job done perfectly, well done geek.
Glad I found u Frank. Been out of school for many years. Going to nursing school in March. Your videos have helped me begin to overcome my anxiety. Thanks!
So cool, thanks so much, I'm doing online school and my semester just started 1/20 and one of my classes is completely based on a criminal justice textbook the book has five chapters and my course has 5 modules following all five chapters, so I loved the tip at the end of the video the taking notes after the reading and than giving yourself a reward. Will definitely be doing this.
dude ur cool man...here in india ...things r pretty crazy with studies...no one tells u how to study but they tell u that u have to study...thnx for ur generous attitude towards this...love ur communication skills too !! Keep it going ;)
LAngelLi18 thanks! I think there's a lack of good study instruction that's actually interesting here in the States as well, though the situation is getting better. I'm just trying to contribute to fixing that :)
here i am wrting notes for this video and I must say I understood it better than the other videos I've not taken notes from. thanks so much for your help Thomas!
Hi ,i am a college student i used Ur reading technics, and i was almost a "Nerd" all of my friends were astonished by lookin at my grades thanks for all the tips and advices. make more such videos many people out there must be facing the same problem as i did so good bye and thank you so much.
Keep creating this content. It's insightful, well compiled and well produced. There isn't a lot of this on RUclips and you're doing a public service by creating this for students. I've subscribed and I'm looking forward to seeing more!
hydrox24 glad you're enjoying it - thanks so much for the kind words. You're right; I can't find many dedicated channels on RUclips for learning/study skills.
I love watching your videos...the way you talk, present and show..just reassures me about my studying habits. I have an assignment that will be due by the end of this month and my habit has always been to read and remember each and every word, but it becomes difficult as I would not have really engaged in the studying and it becomes a lot more difficult to write out the assignment in my own words. But your advice has chilled me out and I am definitely gonna try this out. Thanks. Shared and Subscribed.
Good tips, yet again. Let me add: reading is like working out. If you lift light weights every day, you're not going to gain much strength. Reading dense or technical material on a regular basis (before or between semesters) builds your reading strength and stamina, just like lifting heavy weights. As a result of doing this kind of heavy reading practice, I find I can breeze through material so much more quickly, especially the lighter content.
I think my problem is I have a hard time seeing the big picture or seeing how all the little sections connect to one thing like I read one section get but be completely lost when they bring up something in that section that looks like it has nothing to do with what I just read there I can't connect the dots so I'm lost
WeddingxPeach97 create a real-life situation to apply your studies to (even if it's just in your head). I used to struggle slot with connecting the dots when I first started varsity but applying my courses practically/ hypothetically to my desired career helped me keep in perspective personally & also understand how the courses fit together, as well as their individual importance to the goal
The thing that Americans don't have but are pretty common in most countries is exams questions about the reading (sometimes really specific, sometimes more general) that make you use your own words but show that you truly read and understood the book, but without being able to look anything up on it. That's when things turn gray. You have to summarize incredibly long books and memorize the specifics because you never know what you could be asked.
Almost watched all your videos while solving math problems instead listening to music THANK YOU for every single advice really beneficial channel 👌🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Hi Thomas ... first thank you for the knowledge you are sharing with us ... each time I see one of your videos I learn something new and the good news is that I started changing my habbits ... I have to add now the active reading (output base part) and also the reward
I wish that professors would do read aloud in class instead of lecture. I just want to sit at a desk while silently following along while my professor reads to me and the other students. Then pausing every few paragraphs to have mini discussions. Then breakout groups to start the homework together while the professor walks around to answer questions. That would be nicer. The teacher used to read aloud to the class when I was in first grade. I liked that. I have a learning disability that leads to poor reading retention on my own. I feel so abandoned by professors who just assign reading I can't read dense college material by myself. I need help.
Mr. Frank, you should know that I have been using your entire series on developing academic efficiency and reading skills as part of a comprehensive university preparation course entitled “Academic Start Module” which I teach to graduating young Eastern European high school students attending western English language based colleges and universities for many years. It is a course I developed myself and have successfully taught for over 5 years. I am happy to tell you that your posts have contributed to the success of hundreds and hundreds of bright young people starting out on their career path educations. Many have gone on to become high achievement students, some reaching 4.0+ GPA’s thanks in part to your excellent information and advice. Thanks for all your hard work, concentrated efforts, and superb, easy-to-understand presentations. Keep up the good work. You are a popular guy with my students. Educationally yours, Professor Eric R. Gilliatt ~ Kyiv, Ukraine
Hey Thomas, I am huge fan of your videos. I am going to start pursuing an M.M. in jazz performance in the fall and a lot of these tips are also extremely helpful for developing good listening skills :)
I just began researching for my thesis a month ago and there are so many books and articles I need to go through… I could not have found this video (randomly, btw) at a better time!
Thank you for this. i'm in my first year in university and my first exam is next week. i find it difficult to motivate myself to read and i usually end up wasting my whole day. i will try to read a set amount of time each day and then write a summary of what i've read. thank you again for making this video, it has motivated me a lot! :)
What advice do you have for students in completely online classes? My class starts in two weeks and I am trying to get a jump on the first couple chapters.
Nicole Pope all my classes are online. I’ve had two reading intensive classes and reading the textbook was torture and time consuming. I started with the lecture webinars to understand what the professor was focusing on, then I read over the corresponding PowerPoint presentations, then I reviewed the textbook, as a supplemental source. I’ve completed two classes in less than 3 weeks with this method. I’m on my 6th class since March 1st..of 2019!
Thank you for the great videos. I think the art of reading is what makes a difference of learner by osmosis and those who really improve their craft. I have always been an osmosis learner. At some point it even worked for me. But now the result is that I still have no idea how to learn. I hope with the help of your videos I will slowly become better.
The first strategy that I learned is to take specific and concise notes based on what assessment or test that I am going to take. The second strategy and one that I found the most interesting is to gage my classes, in other words, finding out how I am going to be tested and then adjust my studying to best fit it will help me be more successful. The third strategy will really help me in my English class and that is to do active reading, which will help me attain knowledge a lot more efficiently. The fourth strategy that I found interesting is input and output based goals which will help me achieve my goals a little bit quicker. The fifth and final strategy that I found really relevant will really help me with my reading, to make small times and goals on reading to attain a reward for myself can help with motivation and even make what im doing/reading fun.
I'm a third year literature student and having to read 3-4 novels a week made me read the books 'for fun'. I never felt motivated to read in depth, since the chance of having to answer a question on that particular book was small. However, I noticed this method also affected my textbook reading. With your explanation of different methods I'm sure I will find one that fits me and that will get me better grades. I don't just want to pass, I want to learn and improve my skills. Thanks for the information and the motivation!
My college had 10/week terms so by the time you figured out the way the class worked it was over. Fortunately we had a lot of the same teachers, so we knew what they were looking for.
Summary of how to read textbooks more efficiently. 1. Goals A. Get the right information B. Retain Information C. Get more free time 2. How to Read A. Gauge your classes (See what information is necessary to learn) B. Don't read like its a magazine (Quality reading, not repetition or glancing) C. Read every day and make a summary of what you read. D. Reward yourself AFTER
Idk how active you are on RUclips but I’ve never taken a class where I had to learn about computer systems, project managers, database, etc. until this semester. I completed a chapter reading, did the review questions… took the test online and got a low grade. The questions were not technically from any stand out words. I felt a bit hopeless because I really got interested into the chapter but did not retain the information needed for those questions.
College textbook readings are hard. But I actually been reading them everyday. And been writing a short summary. But still hard. But good video man. :). Read everyday, break down the readings everyday. And write some notes.
Hey Thomas! Your video is always so helpful. They showed that you have done extensive research before you present any study ideas in your video. I really liked that! Keep it up:)
So happy I found your channel, I need to watch like all of your videos immediately! Once again, a slam dunk video. Going to try the daily reading habit!
I teach at Baruch College and this is such a great video. Gave a pop quiz and my 32 students realized they do not know how to study well though many did the readings and felt confident. Cognitive bias. David DiSalvo's book What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite explains this really well.
For those who still have no clue what he said throughout the video, you must learn how to think critically first. When you have at least applied critical thinking once successfully, reading textbooks becomes a very enjoyable experience.
Make sure you read the summary page for the chapters. It has everything that was in the chapter without all the "fluff" that makes the chapter 25 pages long. A lot of the time I typed the summary page, (words and definition) into my Quizlet and studied that way. Also, read the first few sentences of each paragraph and move on. That is where the most important info is. I had a professor whose test answers were usually found within the first few sentences of the paragraphs...hope that helps someone.
Thanks for the tip, I'm gonna try this method because I have like four chapters a week to read plus I work full time so I really don't have time to read all the "filler" information I just need to study and read the main points for each chapter. Thanks again!
Thanks for the tip, I'm gonna try this method because I have like four chapters a week to read plus I work full time so I really don't have time to read all the "filler" information I just need to study and read the main points for each chapter. Thanks again!
To those who say “I’m watching this instead of studying”, I’d rather “sharp my axe before cutting the tree”.
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Nice excuse.
summary
1. Do Active reading by taking notes.
2. Determine the focus of reading: main concepts or details.
3. Measure daily progress by effort or outcome.
4. Reward myself after reading.
legend.
Ugh thank you so so much! I appreciate you!
nice pfp :)
I reward my self for reading by not reading 😭😭
Ty very much sir
*you might be the only reason I survive this semester.* 🙌🏽
Cassandra Bankson I’m procrastinating watching these videos on how to study and learn instead of working on homework and studying lol
Me too
😐👌and you have a big RUclips channel.
Wait wait didn't i see you in john fish video too
girl you fixed my skin, love you to the moon and back.
Thanks for the lessons Thomas, I've really learned a lot. Here's my note on this video
3 Main Goals of reading
1) Get right information
2) retain info
3) Spend less time
Understand the purpose of reading your textbook 1:45
1) Answer MCQs
2) To write an essay in your own words
3) Evaluate data
4) Summarize in order to present
- Practice Active reading versus passive reading, more info in next video
- Create input or output or a combination of reading routine
Gerald Ong love your work lot!
i love it when people summarize the video so i can see if its actually worth watching or not
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You are just stating the obvious. No one actually explains how to the biggest obstacle of reading. You approach this as a one size fits all method. This may not be effective to everyone or every reading.
Yup you can also make sure you know the content by explaining to a friend or to yourself, that way when the exam comes you only have to review and fill in the gaps and what you transfer to your long term memory is never forgotten :) it does take practice tho
Anyone else procrastinating watching how to study instead of actually studying?
yessss
You ever doubly procrastinate and just read the comments and not watch the video...
+Jonathan Macdonald - Akbar How else are we supposed to learn how to be more effective students, on our free time?? lol
+Jonathan Macdonald - Akbar Lmao always
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Man, you have damn good public speaking skills.
Mr. Ding thanks dude! Just comes through practice :)
What's your opinion on speed-reading and photo-reading, btw? Is it legitimate or a scam?
For the most part, the "speed reading" that you'll hear claims about either is a scam or isn't useful for when you're actually trying to learn. You may be able to make moderate speed gains, however - though many of them will come through the techniques I talked about in my Active Reading video rather than stuff like "eliminating sub-vocalization". I'd like to do a video on this soon, but Scott Young wrote a fantastic blog post on the subject recently: www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2015/01/19/speed-reading-redo/
I'll check it out. Thanks for you input.
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I know it sounds really simple, but as someone who was taught at school to memorize everything in order to learn, I now realize that the best way I've come to learn what is on the pages is to understand everything. Treat it like a story you are listening to. You want to know the details, the relationships between subjects, you want to be capable of explaining it to someone else. I wish someone had told me about this during high school.
Yea a phd once told me to treat it like a story. But its kinda difficult to make it like that sometimes.
Idk for me I just try to make a judgement call on whether or not certain info is important or not. Then I pray I didn’t omit anything important. 💀
reading is like working out. gotta get in the habit like a lifestyle.
It takes time to learn how to get through textbooks and reading material, particularly for a subject you hate, but I have a tip that may help if your really struggling. My most hated subject is history so naturally reading a chapter of a history textbook is practically torturous for me, but I finally figured out a way that helps me remember most of what I read. I'v started focusing on turning what I'm reading into a mental image in my head (its a bit similar to those short "Animated Hero Classics" they made us watch in elementary school). Yeah I know It sounds weird, and if you don't have a good imagination then this probably won't help, but when I read the material and then I can see it in my head it makes it way easier to get through the reading assignments.And because I can associate mental images of people and places it also helps me remember important names and events. So if anyone else has as many issues with history as I have, try that tip out and see if it helps.
Thanks!
I had to show this to my 4th grader. I had told him he had to take notes in class but didn't know how to explain or show him on how to do so. He was fully engaged and interested in not only one but several of your videos. I just had to let you know.
xoxoLia this is one of the coolest things I've ever heard! He's going to be an awesome college student someday :)
I never really knew how to study in school until I borrowed a video called "where there's a will, there's an A" I was in high school and it was the college version (they had three versions I think) so I just had to take what I could bit it really helped...
They really don't teach you how to learn or how to get good grades, somehow they think we are just supposed to know!
PS I'm 43 now. I'm not currently in school but I love watching how to study videos because I'm super weird and would be a professional student if somebody would fund it!
damn it i came here to procrastinate why do i feel like reading now lol
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ah i was stressing and then i saw your profile pic and i remember pastel phil and pastel dan and now im a happy boi
much thanks.
The phandom is literally everywhere!!
same bruh..same !
I was always lost during reading my textbooks and I thought "I'm just reading to learn what I'm expected to for my exams" and that didn't have any progress because I usually just skim over hundreds of pages and get almost nothing. Your video helped a lot, thank you very much. Please keep it up. :)
Allan glad it helped! Definitely focus on actively interacting with the text and creating your own content from it in some way. In the next textbook video I'll show you a way you can keep skimming quickly while also doing this :)
this is hella hard for psych. My university tests us on the smallest details in the textbook. Everything is fair game, so I spend like 3-4 hours per chapter, and an additional 2 hours learning lecture notes. I do space my time in that I don't take more than 2 psych course per semester
My life right now.
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F same
I’m taking Psych right now and I don’t mind reading but it does take a lot of time lmaooo. Mine is solely textbook based.
Absolutely the same here. International relations.
Just Graduated from College but had to stop and watch this handsome man speaks !!
+Perla Y Garcia yeah yeah ?!
+PinkRose Rosales Amazing comeback haha
Hahahaha if a paragraph is what you consider honestly to be a full essay I wouldn't be surprised if you're still in middle school ;)
Summary
1. know what you are doing
2. the reason and the purpose of your reading
3. get the right information for what are doing
4. input study should be our main then out-put study should make us known what input study i have done
5. taking note is necessary and making summary will have us to know.
A friend that challenges me intellectually? Where do I get those?
Wait, I am currently studying how to study. Does that mean that I should be studying how to be studying how to study?
I'm so meta, even this acronym
Thomas Frank :
What does meta mean?
Something is meta if it's an exegetical variant of a normative statement. Take meta-ethics for example, an example of a normative statement is 'All murder is wrong.' while a meta-ethical statement is formulated like this 'All murder is wrong because the laws of my country dictate that it is.'
Ryan Anthony Crewe-Rees I'm now more confused than before.
Alex Stefanov basically, u are training your brain to how to study. There is no such thing as study how to study. It's your brain which does all the understanding and you have to train it so it can do it effectively and efficiently.
I remember my biology teacher back in high school taught us all these methods & it works perfectly! Just gotta keep doing it over and over again
Please tell me the methods!!
@@RUclipsuser10873 writing the notes over and over will help you memorize everything your teacher taught you👍
I think you're amazing! Love your videos!
Charlotte Zamor thank you! Glad you're finding them helpful :)
thank you so much for this!!! I’m currently taking an 8 week (normal classes are 12-15 weeks) Abnormal Psych class where we have to read a 14 chapter book for the final exam; we’re halfway through and I’m only on chapter 3 and I was stressing out about how I was going to squeeze in 10 chapters of information in 4 weeks but your advice and tips on active reading and note taking gave me new motivation and now I’m thinking I could actually pull this off 😂
You deserve way more views. The quality of the video and the information you provide is fantastic. Thank you for all your insight !
FlaggedVideoGuy thank you! Way more views or not, I'll keep making better and better videos :)
I agree- thanks so much for great content and great presenting.
I'm not going into college, but into college prep school. It's a boarding school, and I was kind of freaking out about the work load, but watching your videos has given me a lot of confidence that I am going to do good.
I wish I came across this channel when I started college.
"Have more time for Smash Bros." Priorities xD
PsyKeeRan very important priorities :P
You are the best studytuber man. You are such a positive energy. And your ideas work.
" don't expect youre going to read efficiently by just rereading passages". Oh I felt understood by what you said here aha!
I was saying this exact thing to 2 of my A&P tutorettes today. The challenge of Anatomy and Physiology is nearly as much HOW you study as WHAT you study.
Mc Kenna so have you figured it out?
Many people say note-taking isn’t an effective study strategy and I completely agree. But note-taking helps if you collect key information when a wall of text is staring back at you. You are not learning anything, you just struggle to read. So note-taking once helps me.
I know how you can get used to reading long chapters in a text book as part of an assignment or lecture readings for an assignment and how to read them faster. Just read more books. If you get tired that easily from reading college textbooks or if you are a just a slow reader. That just means you haven't read that many books lately. Reading books gets you used to reading 100s of words and therefore you would get used to reading the text book as if it were a book you read for fun.
Liked these tips. Seems intuitive and logical. Will incorporate these in my reading sessions.
The bit about slogging out/zombie reading was on point. I was also more or less doing the same thing.
Summary: To read more efficiently
*Goal: Get right information and retain it.
*Immediate practical reason for studying and improvised strategy.
*Two habits: Read consistently & use active reading.
*Input -output method: Read for sometime and write a note/summary on it.
*Give yourself small reward for reinforcing positive feeling.
Legit watch these at the beginning of every semester to get back in the groove. You rock my socks.
Hi, I show your videos to my college class all of the time! Thanks! They like them because they're interesting (funny at times) and informative. Keep up the great work!
Seriously you inspired me, not just for how to study or how to read. You are one of the fewest I know who really get their job done perfectly, well done geek.
Getting into the habit of reading everyday is the best decision I made since years. It helped me a lot prevail over feeling overwhelmed by huge texts.
Glad I found u Frank. Been out of school for many years. Going to nursing school in March. Your videos have helped me begin to overcome my anxiety. Thanks!
P Avent no problem - glad you're finding them useful :)
I discovered you yesterday and I can't stop watching all your videos, your tips are so helpful, thank you really
Your tips and the way you talk make me wanna try them out! Love your video's, thanks!
+Thomas Frank
Thanks for posting this. I am not in college, but can apply these ideas to creating a daily Bible study habit.
So cool, thanks so much, I'm doing online school and my semester just started 1/20 and one of my classes is completely based on a criminal justice textbook the book has five chapters and my course has 5 modules following all five chapters, so I loved the tip at the end of the video the taking notes after the reading and than giving yourself a reward. Will definitely be doing this.
Roxanna Torres awesome! Glad you found the video useful, Roxanna :)
dude ur cool man...here in india ...things r pretty crazy with studies...no one tells u how to study but they tell u that u have to study...thnx for ur generous attitude towards this...love ur communication skills too !! Keep it going ;)
LAngelLi18 thanks! I think there's a lack of good study instruction that's actually interesting here in the States as well, though the situation is getting better. I'm just trying to contribute to fixing that :)
here i am wrting notes for this video and I must say I understood it better than the other videos I've not taken notes from. thanks so much for your help Thomas!
Lot of good points. Very beneficial for those who skim, browse, and cram; like myself.
LoL your video quality even 5 years ago was awesome 💙
"where was this dog thing sculpted" I spat out my tea lol. great info. Knowledge is power.
Hi ,i am a college student i used Ur reading technics, and i was almost a "Nerd" all of my friends were astonished by lookin at my grades thanks for all the tips and advices. make more such videos many people out there must be facing the same problem as i did so good bye and thank you so much.
I'm so glad I found your channel! You're great at presenting the information in a clear and concise way. Thanks for doing these videos!
Keep creating this content. It's insightful, well compiled and well produced. There isn't a lot of this on RUclips and you're doing a public service by creating this for students. I've subscribed and I'm looking forward to seeing more!
hydrox24 glad you're enjoying it - thanks so much for the kind words. You're right; I can't find many dedicated channels on RUclips for learning/study skills.
I love watching your videos...the way you talk, present and show..just reassures me about my studying habits. I have an assignment that will be due by the end of this month and my habit has always been to read and remember each and every word, but it becomes difficult as I would not have really engaged in the studying and it becomes a lot more difficult to write out the assignment in my own words. But your advice has chilled me out and I am definitely gonna try this out.
Thanks.
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Never mind multiple choice test. An oral exam is the real challenge. :D
Good tips, yet again. Let me add: reading is like working out. If you lift light weights every day, you're not going to gain much strength. Reading dense or technical material on a regular basis (before or between semesters) builds your reading strength and stamina, just like lifting heavy weights. As a result of doing this kind of heavy reading practice, I find I can breeze through material so much more quickly, especially the lighter content.
I think my problem is I have a hard time seeing the big picture or seeing how all the little sections connect to one thing like I read one section get but be completely lost when they bring up something in that section that looks like it has nothing to do with what I just read there I can't connect the dots so I'm lost
I did decent😂
WeddingxPeach97 create a real-life situation to apply your studies to (even if it's just in your head). I used to struggle slot with connecting the dots when I first started varsity but applying my courses practically/ hypothetically to my desired career helped me keep in perspective personally & also understand how the courses fit together, as well as their individual importance to the goal
Super Heart What do you mean courses?
It sounds like the mind map can help you :D
practice makes perfect.
The thing that Americans don't have but are pretty common in most countries is exams questions about the reading (sometimes really specific, sometimes more general) that make you use your own words but show that you truly read and understood the book, but without being able to look anything up on it. That's when things turn gray. You have to summarize incredibly long books and memorize the specifics because you never know what you could be asked.
Input and Output goals have been the best take-away from this video. There's a time to take in information and to put it out.
I had summer vacation and September free because my school starts at october 1st, thanks to you I learnt so much strategies and i will apply them :)
I love the portrait of Cave Johnson at the bottom left of the screen
Oh man! I graduated already but my AVID teacher would love to have you as a guest speaker in her class.
Saila Islam that'd be cool!
Thomas Frank OMG! Just please let me know (if) when you are in Austin, TX area!
You my friend are a friend I appreciate this finally a story voice to help but gentle enough to motivate I appreciate this !
Almost watched all your videos while solving math problems instead listening to music THANK YOU for every single advice really beneficial channel 👌🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Hi Thomas ... first thank you for the knowledge you are sharing with us ... each time I see one of your videos I learn something new and the good news is that I started changing my habbits ...
I have to add now the active reading (output base part) and also the reward
Man... your videos are key. Well done
I just watched this video and then watched 3 more...... WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I WAS STRUGGLING IN HIGH SCHOOL!!!!! I love your advice!!
its good to have all this kind of info online
Love your videos. I use many of them in class to help illustrate my points. Keep up the great work!👍
Awesome video man thanks! I really like how you break down the different types of reading, very usual
I wish that professors would do read aloud in class instead of lecture. I just want to sit at a desk while silently following along while my professor reads to me and the other students. Then pausing every few paragraphs to have mini discussions. Then breakout groups to start the homework together while the professor walks around to answer questions. That would be nicer. The teacher used to read aloud to the class when I was in first grade. I liked that. I have a learning disability that leads to poor reading retention on my own. I feel so abandoned by professors who just assign reading I can't read dense college material by myself. I need help.
What about #3, science-y stuff?
That's exactly what I was looking for.
holy shit this helps so much...
Mr. Frank, you should know that I have been using your entire series on developing academic efficiency and reading skills as part of a comprehensive university preparation course entitled “Academic Start Module” which I teach to graduating young Eastern European high school students attending western English language based colleges and universities for many years. It is a course I developed myself and have successfully taught for over 5 years. I am happy to tell you that your posts have contributed to the success of hundreds and hundreds of bright young people starting out on their career path educations. Many have gone on to become high achievement students, some reaching 4.0+ GPA’s thanks in part to your excellent information and advice. Thanks for all your hard work, concentrated efforts, and superb, easy-to-understand presentations. Keep up the good work. You are a popular guy with my students.
Educationally yours,
Professor Eric R. Gilliatt ~ Kyiv, Ukraine
Hey Thomas, I am huge fan of your videos. I am going to start pursuing an M.M. in jazz performance in the fall and a lot of these tips are also extremely helpful for developing good listening skills :)
I just began researching for my thesis a month ago and there are so many books and articles I need to go through… I could not have found this video (randomly, btw) at a better time!
Freshman taking Alg 2 and a few on ramps and AP courses. Love your videos!
Thank you for this. i'm in my first year in university and my first exam is next week. i find it difficult to motivate myself to read and i usually end up wasting my whole day. i will try to read a set amount of time each day and then write a summary of what i've read. thank you again for making this video, it has motivated me a lot! :)
hi thomas! i think i' m beginning to idolize you. keep up the good work. you're helping a lot of people to learn. love you!
"don't be a reading zombie or your exams will turn into a chainsaw"
Your videos are so useful and help me to motivate myself! i guess watching your videos could be my small reward! ;) from Japan !
Your videos are amazing . Keep up the nice job. Wish you all the best in the future !!
What advice do you have for students in completely online classes? My class starts in two weeks and I am trying to get a jump on the first couple chapters.
Nicole Pope all my classes are online. I’ve had two reading intensive classes and reading the textbook was torture and time consuming. I started with the lecture webinars to understand what the professor was focusing on, then I read over the corresponding PowerPoint presentations, then I reviewed the textbook, as a supplemental source. I’ve completed two classes in less than 3 weeks with this method. I’m on my 6th class since March 1st..of 2019!
Sharon Wiertelak Thanks for the advice!
I am studying for the real estate exam and you helped me a lot. Thank you so much!
Thank you for the great videos. I think the art of reading is what makes a difference of learner by osmosis and those who really improve their craft. I have always been an osmosis learner. At some point it even worked for me. But now the result is that I still have no idea how to learn. I hope with the help of your videos I will slowly become better.
The first strategy that I learned is to take specific and concise notes based on what assessment or test that I am going to take. The second strategy and one that I found the most interesting is to gage my classes, in other words, finding out how I am going to be tested and then adjust my studying to best fit it will help me be more successful. The third strategy will really help me in my English class and that is to do active reading, which will help me attain knowledge a lot more efficiently. The fourth strategy that I found interesting is input and output based goals which will help me achieve my goals a little bit quicker. The fifth and final strategy that I found really relevant will really help me with my reading, to make small times and goals on reading to attain a reward for myself can help with motivation and even make what im doing/reading fun.
"How to read a book" is a great book that teaches how to read ALL kinds of reading. Great video.
I'm a third year literature student and having to read 3-4 novels a week made me read the books 'for fun'. I never felt motivated to read in depth, since the chance of having to answer a question on that particular book was small.
However, I noticed this method also affected my textbook reading. With your explanation of different methods I'm sure I will find one that fits me and that will get me better grades. I don't just want to pass, I want to learn and improve my skills.
Thanks for the information and the motivation!
Lena right on! Glad you found it useful :)
My college had 10/week terms so by the time you figured out the way the class worked it was over. Fortunately we had a lot of the same teachers, so we knew what they were looking for.
Summary of how to read textbooks more efficiently.
1. Goals
A. Get the right information
B. Retain Information
C. Get more free time
2. How to Read
A. Gauge your classes (See what information is necessary to learn)
B. Don't read like its a magazine (Quality reading, not repetition or glancing)
C. Read every day and make a summary of what you read.
D. Reward yourself AFTER
Idk how active you are on RUclips but I’ve never taken a class where I had to learn about computer systems, project managers, database, etc. until this semester. I completed a chapter reading, did the review questions… took the test online and got a low grade. The questions were not technically from any stand out words. I felt a bit hopeless because I really got interested into the chapter but did not retain the information needed for those questions.
College textbook readings are hard. But I actually been reading them everyday. And been writing a short summary. But still hard. But good video man. :). Read everyday, break down the readings everyday. And write some notes.
Hey Thomas! Your video is always so helpful. They showed that you have done extensive research before you present any study ideas in your video. I really liked that! Keep it up:)
So happy I found your channel, I need to watch like all of your videos immediately! Once again, a slam dunk video. Going to try the daily reading habit!
Not only help for College students. I'm in grade 8 and this is really helping me study and preparing for IB
Thanks for this video!! Also just wanted to point out. I love your mega man poster in the back :)
Anita Tambat thanks! Good to see another Mega Man fan :)
Dude!! You are really awesome and your tips are really good i apply them in day to day life !! Please dont stop!!
this is your second video that i've watched! :) There's really good tips and techniques thanks so much for sharing!
Geefe Alba no problem!
I teach at Baruch College and this is such a great video. Gave a pop quiz and my 32 students realized they do not know how to study well though many did the readings and felt confident. Cognitive bias. David DiSalvo's book What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite explains this really well.
For those who still have no clue what he said throughout the video, you must learn how to think critically first. When you have at least applied critical thinking once successfully, reading textbooks becomes a very enjoyable experience.
Thank you for the tips and making it easy and relatable. This video was really helpful.
Excellent! Love your videos. Keep em' coming...
Make sure you read the summary page for the chapters. It has everything that was in the chapter without all the "fluff" that makes the chapter 25 pages long. A lot of the time I typed the summary page, (words and definition) into my Quizlet and studied that way.
Also, read the first few sentences of each paragraph and move on. That is where the most important info is. I had a professor whose test answers were usually found within the first few sentences of the paragraphs...hope that helps someone.
Thanks for the tip, I'm gonna try this method because I have like four chapters a week to read plus I work full time so I really don't have time to read all the "filler" information I just need to study and read the main points for each chapter. Thanks again!
Thanks for the tip, I'm gonna try this method because I have like four chapters a week to read plus I work full time so I really don't have time to read all the "filler" information I just need to study and read the main points for each chapter. Thanks again!
mzkecia23 , No Problem, hope you do well in your classes :)
Thank you for mentioning habitica, I am such a nerd and I think this may help motivate me.
yo man. Even the ads that you put on your videos are helpful.
Thanks man!