Exam 7: Choosing to Read Actively

The final stage of Tomlinson's method involves keeping a notebook entry for each theme, character, or concept and writing a brief summary of key details.

What is the advantage of creating chapter maps?

What pre-chapter features do textbook authors provide to give an overview of a chapter's content?

What is most students' chief complaint about online reading?

The first stage of Tomlinson's reading process involves

In the fourth step of Tomlinson's process, you need to

Why is it important to mark headings and subheadings of textbooks?

To maintain your concentration when you read, you should study in short blocks of time over a longer period.

What should you do if you don't understand a section of a textbook well enough to summarize and label it?

What does it mean to read on a literal level?

Why do college students often earn better grades in higher-level courses (which tend to be more difficult) than lower-level ones?

What is labeling? Why is labeling a textbook page preferable to making extensive page markings?

Before students can read on an inferential level, they must read on a

Pre-reading questions, located at the beginning of textbook chapters, tell readers what questions the author sees as important.

The highest level task in Bloom's taxonomy is Evaluation.

What does it mean to read critically?

While it's important to mark headings and key points in textbook chapters, you don't have to pay as much attention to graphics (photos, charts, tables, etc.).

When you re-read a section in a math or science textbook, you should

A "virtual sticky" is an online tool that

Reading a variety of materials is a good way to increase your overall reading speed.