Summary on chap1-Reading in college

Reading is an active process that depends on both an author's ability to convey meaning using words and your ability to create meaning from them.You need to constantly connect what you already know about the information to the words the author has written.
Learning journals is a technique that helps you to analyze reading strategies and assess your learning.Using a learning journal helps you remember 80to 90% of what you read.It also helps you to perseverance.Like any reading strategy,concentration takes practice before it will kick in automatically every time you open a textbook.
Learning styles,most of what we learn comes from what we hear(auditory learning) in lectures or an audiotapes;see visual learning through reading or watching people,videotapes or television,or touch and do kinesthetic learning by praticing techniques,drawing maps or creating outlines.Concentration blocks to recognize what distracts you when you are reading an important way to improve your concentration.Internal comes from inside you and external comes from your environment.Concentration technique improve your concentration from five technique.

1. Checkmark monitor system,helps you monitor how many times you lose your concentration as you study
2. Creating a study environment
3. Creating a positive mental attitude
4. Using your journal as a worry pad
5. Writing a letter is especially helpful if you are distracted by internal and external distracters.

EX-1a

1. i know that concentration is a skill that can be learned.Yes
2. i have a study area,complete with study supplies and this area is used only for studyingYes
3. i try to concentrate as i read,but my mind usually drifts to other things such as bills i have to pay or people i have to call.Yes
4. if i get angry,i am unable to concentrate on my reading.Yes
5. i know how to minimize all distraction.Yes
6. i cannot read unless my house,or study environment is immaculate.Yes
7. i have a system to let others know when i am reading and that i do not want to be disturbed.No
8. i lose concentration easily when i am bored with what i am reading.Yes

Ex-1b-1.copying down everything your professor says(P)(2)-Revising lecture notes(Active)(3)-Reviewing sections of your textbook by summarizing and reciting information(Active).(4)-Reading each chapter straight through(Passive).(5)-Always begin reading by previewing each chapter and developing questions to help you focus(Active).(6)-Testing yourself on the information in your notes(Active)

EX-1c Distracters=External distracters come from our environment that include television,loud radio music,constant phone calls ,unexpected guest,friends,campus.Internal distracter mainly arrive from money problems,family problems,boredom,tution fee,mental disorganization.

EX-1d Finding your concentration baseline=when my study my biology tropic for 30min,mostly you need to memorize the part,function of the body.The chapter is pretty lengthy and i lost concentration for a total of almost 12times.i start to daydream,family ,friends back home and lots of new words and defination makes me loose my concentration.The check monitor reminds me of how many timesi lost my concentration as i read and after i reput my checkmark in my journal then i began to comeback to my sense and read again

Objective questin on pg=23

1.what was the problem that the author had in the essay?ans=She had to use the bathroom and couldnot find a bathroom stall on campus wide enough to accommodate her wheelchair.

2.How did she solve her problem?ans=she relieved herself outside in the meditation garden.

3what did her professor so when she told her about her problem and what she had to do to solve her problem?ans-She urges everyone to write a letter of protest.

4.what did the president of the school do when the author had a meeting with him to discuss the problem?ans-he said the school could not currently afford to build an accessible bathroom stall.

5-what did the author do to helf resolve the problem?ans-she started passing petitions around and found that most students supported her.

post test part-1pg-26,objective question

1.reading is a process where the author conveys meaning and you receive it.true

2.using a learning journal can help build concentration.true

3.concentration is the ability to focus exclusively on a task.true

4.internal distracters should be accepted because they happen to everybody.true

5.the checkmark monitoring system helps you to monitor your concentration.true

6.people learn new information only by using their preferred learning style.false

7.a worry pad is a letter that you write to someone who has made you angry.false.

2a-what helps you mentally prepare to read a reading assignment?previewing

b-why are learning journals helpful?they help you analyze your learning behaviour.

c-what is your preference for how you learn new information called?kinesthetic appeal

d-what is a key to concentrating well?finding a quiet space to study

e-which of the following is not an example of active reading?copying a chapter in a notebook

objective ques on pg 29

1.why was the author driving to the scene?to take pictures for the enquirer

2.what did the grandfather actually say happened?he was backing up to spread some dirt.

3.why did the author not take the picture?he didn't want to intrude on the grandfather's sadness

4.why was the scene in the kitchen described s a perfect picture?every element of the picture-grandfather,the child,th home told the story.

5at the time the author was a tv reporter