DEFINITION

Reading may be definited as

an individual’s total inter-
relationship with symbolic
information
 DEFINITION
Critical reading is gathering
facts and ideas, sorting facts
and ideas, measuring the
ideas and againt, selection
and separation idea that you
wish to remember or reject.
 SEVEN BASIC PROCESSES
Recognitions
Assimilations
Intra-integrations
Extra-integrations
 SEVEN BASIC PROCESSES

Retentions
Recalls
Communications
> written, spoken, through drawing
and object and thingking
FIVE STEPS OF BETTER READING
 SURVEY
Spend no more than 10
minutes to take “sneak
preview”
 SURVEY
Examine the litle of each chapter
Note the heading and
subheading and the relationship
between the important headings
in each chapter
Glance at diagrams, graphs or
visuals
 SURVEY
Quickly skim the
introductory and concluding
sections of each chapter.
Notice any study questions
or activities at the end of
the chapter
 QUESTION
Read with the intent to
answer the question
By using the words who,
what, when, where, why
and How
 READ AND UNDERLINE

Read each section with

questions developed in mind
After reading, go back and
underline
 READ AND UNDERLINE

Use a ball point pen to

mark your text because
pencil fade.
 READ AND UNDERLINE

Underline after reading

Use number
Vertical lines
Asterisks
 READ AND UNDERLINE
Recall phrases
Definition and example
Circle or boxes
Highlighting
Agree, disagree and
question
 RECITE AND WRITE

Recite the answer out loud

Write brief study notes
 REVIEW
The final steps to understanding
the materi:
Reread
Review
Answer
 Any
Questions???