[nabs-l] studying, skimming and reference material

[Bill]

Hello,
What I have found helpful is if you select all the text in each chapter and 
paste it in a new document you can do a word or phrase search and then you 
can save some time.  Also you could separate the index and/or glossary in 
its own document, convert it into a text document and place it in your 
Reader stream for convenience.
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Subject: [nabs-l] studying, skimming and reference material


> Hi all,
>
> College texts are full of words and examples.  Frustrating when you cannot 
> skim through especially when you need the highlights for a test.
> I take notes when reading.  But my notes don’t always amount to what the 
> professor tells us to study for the test, if they tell us.
>
> So what do you do when the professor has a study guide?
> Some students take it and jot down the coresponding pages to the study 
> topics and study those pages.
> How do you use it?
> Sometimes professors give a list of terms/concepts to study or a list of 
> questions to guide your preparation.  My communication professor outlined 
> on the board what concepts we needed to know for our final.
> But here’s the thing.  I cannot skim the text or look up words.  My notes 
> may or may not have them.  Even if they do, its still looking for a needle 
> in a haystack when reviewing for finals!  So I’ve usually had to ask a 
> reader; they act as my eyes and look in the index for the key words or 
> skim for the key words or headings in the chapter.
>
> For me, I usually use audio whenever possible. But even with e-texts, I 
> cannot skim because I don’t know the exact phrase and without that the 
> computer does Not know what to look for; also
> it is divided in to chapters and I cannot search across chapters.
> Another thing, how do you work with open book exams?
> Do you have a reader there and they look up any info from the book? That 
> is what I’ve done.
> Again, openbook  tests let you use it as a reference tool, but that is 
> hard for us.
>
> So any tips for studying or “skimming” would be good.  How can you direct 
> a reader to actually skim?  Usually they will read too much to me rather 
> than just the main paragraph of the topic; generally under the main 
> headings I find the introduction to the concept and smaller headings tell 
> you details/examples.
>
>
> Ashley
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