PH 420: Reflection And Analysis

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How I utilized layered reading for PH 420
In PH 420, we are assigned weekly reading assignments from either the text or online resources. Therefore, layered reading has been extremely beneficial for this class since the online resources are often 20 pages. I prepare for layered reading by first looking through the chapter and reading the objectives, vocabulary, summaries, and briefly looking over the figures. After I have a sense of the topic for the chapter, I begin quickly skimming the chapter. However, I realized that if I skim a large number of pages, I begin to read the material instead. Therefore, I read about two or three pages at a time. After completely skimming those few pages, I return to highlight key words or vocabulary that I found to be important or essential to understanding the reading. I try to avoid highlighting entire sentences since this causes the page to become visually unappealing, which negatively affects my learning. Once I have finished highlighting, I continue this pattern until I finish the entire assigned reading. At this time, I have an adequate understanding of the chapter; however, I return back to the highlighted portions to review the material to cement the information into my mind. If I do not understand, I read around the area to identify the context. …show more content…
If I did not understand the information, I would re-read the paragraph multiple times, which was time consuming. Additionally, I used to simultaneously highlight and read, producing an unnecessary amount of highlighting since not understanding the material made everything appear important. Using my previous strategy, I would often take 30 minutes to read a few pages. I began to believe I was naturally a slow reader and there was nothing that could change
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