To make us easier locate again the main ideas or any important supporting details in a text, we often underline or put any marking so it'll be visible more later. Some of us even do an effort to take notes for it. This post will elaborate the parts of textbook and its content, also why it's important in its own way to mark things. These will set the stage for better reading and learning.
TEXTBOOK PARTS Title Page: This page at the very front of the book gives you basic information —title, author(s), and publishing house. About the Author: This information gives you background about the author and provides additional writings the author may have published. Again, this helps you determine credibility. Table of Contents: The table of contents gives you an outline of the whole book. Reading it lets you see how ideas are related and serves as an excellent study guide. Turn all of the headings and subheadings into questions, and try to answer these questions before an exam to see how well you understand and remember the concepts of each chapter. Preface: The preface usually explains the purpose of the textbook. It also may present the author's philosophy and answer some commonly asked questions about the content of the textbook. Chapters: The book's content is organized into chapters. Chapters build upon each other and are usually organized in a specific way to help the reader make sense of the discipline. As you preview them, try to see the connection and the organization of the book. Titles of chapters usually reveal the topic and help you to focus and identify the main idea of the chapter. Turn titles into questions to take a step toward previewing and preparing to read. Bibliography/References: This is a list of additional, related sources that can be useful if you are asked to write a paper on any of the course content. Appendices: Appendices can include items like documents, text, charts, tables, maps, or additional research. This additional information may be helpful if you have to select a topic for your own research in the course. Glossary: This is the book's dictionary and provides quick access to key terms included in the chapters. Index: The index is an alphabetical list of names and topics covered in the textbook that provides page numbers for quick access. It can prove to be useful if you need help understanding a topic. If you get stuck on a concept or need additional information, you can look it up in the index and be referred to other places in the book where the concept is discussed. Textbook marking is a systematic way of highlighting and labeling ideas to show how they are related to each other. Marking involves highlighting, underlining, or otherwise flagging important words, phrases, and sentences and writing margin notes (words, phrases, abbreviations, or symbols that you write in the margin to remind or explain to yourself why something is important) , sometimes called annotations, that explain why you have marked something. Four Steps to Textbook Marking Step One: Preview. Skim over the reading, looking at the title, headings, subheadings, visuals, summary, and end-of-chapter questions. Remember, if a book does not include these resources, skim the first sentence in every paragraph to get an overview of the content. Step Two: Study-Read. Study-reading should be performed one section (a manageable chunk of reading, typically beginning at one major heading and ending right before the next major heading) at a time. Handling your reading assignment in sections makes understanding the whole reading assignment more manageable. If you fully understand one part or section of your reading, move on to the next. If you do not understand what you are reading, you should not continue with the rest of the assignment. Instead:
Here are some common errors many students make when highlighting textbooks:
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