Effective Reading Strategies
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What does effective reading require?

  • Memorizing every word
  • Ignoring the author's perspective
  • Active engagement with the text (correct)
  • Passive reception of information

What is the primary focus when reading for pleasure?

  • Identifying potential biases
  • Extracting factual information
  • Evaluating arguments
  • Enjoyment and emotional engagement (correct)

When using pre-reading strategies, what should you do to understand the author's perspective?

  • Read the text word for word
  • Skip to the conclusion
  • Ignore the publication date
  • Identify the author, publication date, and context (correct)

Which of these is an active reading technique?

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What is the purpose of critical reading?

<p>To evaluate arguments and form independent judgments (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What could improve vocabulary?

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What should a reader pay attention to when reading novels?

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What does reading historical documents require?

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What should you pay attention to when learning new words?

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What is one way to overcome reading challenges?

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What is a helpful activity to do after reading?

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What is a common organizational pattern in texts?

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What is one of the main purposes an author might have in writing?

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What should you assess when evaluating evidence in a text?

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What does it mean to make inferences while reading?

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Why is it important to connect ideas while reading?

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What is a useful note-taking strategy?

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What is a good strategy for sustaining reading habits?

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What is a likely outcome of presenting ideas in a disorganized way?

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Why might providing background information be important when explaining a concept?

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What can a speaker reading directly from a text, mid-explanation, risk?

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What element is most likely lacking when a speaker struggles to effectively convey an idea?

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What is a potential negative consequence of interrupting oneself with additional details?

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What is the expected outcome after finishing a book?

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Why is mental effort important when reading?

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What is the primary goal of analytic thought?

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What characterizes contemplative thinking?

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What is the end goal of thinking contemplatively?

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What is the primary end goal of contemplative thinking?

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What is the role of information in contemplative thinking?

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What happens when you read a book contemplatively?

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According to a 2010 Pew Research survey, what did many prominent thinkers believe would happen by 2020 due to internet access?

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What is one potential negative effect of widespread internet usage on cognitive function?

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What is 'human intelligence' defined as?

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What did studies reveal about internet usage over the past decade?

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What has reading enabled humanity to do?

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What type of thinking is essential for contributing to human evolution?

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What is the role of a literature review in research?

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Which type of thinking is a prerequisite to analytical thinking?

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What activity serves as a means of training minds to think contemplatively?

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According to the content, what is one reason why people read?

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Why is reading contemplatively important, according to the content?

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What should you do to 'weigh and consider' what you are reading?

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According to the content, what type of thinking should be applied to solve an issue?

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What is one cognitive function that can be improved through reading?

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What is the benefit of reading to understand?

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What skill does reading books help to foster?

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What happens when we read contemplatively?

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What is a result of reading?

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According to the context, what is the role of reading in our digital world?

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According to the American Philosophical Association, what is a characteristic of an ideal critical thinker?

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What does knowledge entail, beyond just a set of information?

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What does a critical reader assess about a written piece?

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When deciding what to read, what is one principle to consider?

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What is one characteristic of an ideal critical thinker?

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What should a critical reader consider about a claim?

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What is the purpose of using critical thinking skills when reading?

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In addition to personal taste, what else should you consider when choosing reading material?

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What characterizes 'obedient purposelessness' in reading?

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What does 'uncritical reading' involve?

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What is the primary focus of a 'finish reading' mentality?

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What defines 'unengaged reading'?

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What is a common outcome of passive reading?

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What is a typical characteristic of the impression gained from passive reading?

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In the context of reading, can someone be purely passive?

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What is the overall objective for readers regarding active and passive reading?

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What should an active reader do while reading?

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What is a key aspect of active reading?

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What should you do after reading each paragraph to improve understanding?

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What is the primary difference between an active and a passive reader?

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What is the result of increased activity while reading?

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What is a primary aim when reading for understanding?

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What tool is primarily emphasized for achieving understanding while reading?

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What does reading for understanding allow you to do?

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What is the 'power' used to achieve understanding derived from?

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What is the main focus of reading for understanding?

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Flashcards

Reading for Information

Extracting facts and understanding concepts from written material.

Active Reading

Actively engaging with the text by highlighting, summarizing, and questioning.

Reading Comprehension

Understanding word meanings, author's purpose, main ideas, and logical flow.

Critical Analysis in Reading

Evaluating sources, identifying biases, and forming independent judgments.

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Reading Novels

Focusing on plot, characters, and themes.

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Reading Scientific Articles

Analyzing methodology, data, and conclusions.

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Reading Historical Documents

Understanding context and author biases.

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Speed Reading

Increasing reading speed without losing comprehension.

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Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

Words are made of parts that often have consistent meanings.

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Adaptive Reading Strategies

Modify your reading approach based on the type of material.

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Summarizing Main Points

Find the core message you can take away.

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Understanding Text Structure

Recognizing the pattern an author uses to organize information.

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Identifying Author's Purpose

The author's intention: to inform, persuade, entertain, or express.

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Evaluating Evidence

Assessing the quality and relevance of supporting information.

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Making Inferences

Understanding implied meanings beyond the surface level.

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Connecting Ideas

Relating new information to what you already know.

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Note-Taking Strategies

Creating a system for recording key information.

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Reading in Different Environments

Adapting reading methods to varied locations and times.

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Unstructured Explanation

Presenting information in a disorganized, non-linear way that can confuse the audience.

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Knowledge Gaps

Assuming the audience has prior knowledge they may lack, leading to confusion.

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Losing Audience Interest

Losing the audience's attention by providing too much detail or straying from the main topic.

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Disruptive Support

An attempt to explain an idea but disrupting the explanation to look for supporting evidence

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Enthusiasm Overload

Excitement for the topic overshadowing the ability to teach it effectively.

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Reading as Active Engagement

A mental activity requiring engagement and critical thinking.

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Analytic Thought

Goal-oriented thinking focused on explaining something.

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Contemplative Thought

Experiential thinking focused on reflection and insight.

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Goal-Directed

Directed towards a specific objective.

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Intransitive Goal

Reaching the goal of reflection.

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Contemplative Thinking

Experiential and reflective thinking aimed at gaining insight and understanding.

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Illumination

The sought-after outcome of contemplative thinking, marked by new awareness.

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Human Intelligence

The mental capacity to reason, solve problems, and learn.

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Google Effect

Our brain's adaptation to readily available online information, reducing the need to memorize.

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Reading to Understand

The act of reading not just for facts, but to deepen understanding and gain insight.

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Information Access Theory

The concept that increased access to information will boost human intellect.

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Enhanced Memory

Paying attention, recalling details, and holding information briefly.

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Analysis

Goal/task driven thinking in an explainable way

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Reading & Evolution

Passing down knowledge that allows us add to previous discoveries.

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Literature Review

Prior knowledge from related sources.

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Thinking Synergy

Using contemplative thinking to understand, then using analytical thinking to develop.

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Contemplation Prerequisite

Stepping back to reflect, allowing for better implementation of analytical methods.

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Reading as Training

The process of training minds for contemplative thought through reading.

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Reading's Purpose

Reading strengthens our understanding and expands our self-awareness.

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Reading & Opinions

Reading exposes us to diverse viewpoints, aiding in opinion formation.

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Contemplative Reading

Actively engaging with text to deeply understand and form opinions.

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Information Gain

Gaining knowledge through reading, not just accessing it.

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Reading's Cognitive Benefits

Reading enhances language, attention, concentration, and memory.

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Reading's Impact on Thought

Thinking differently through reading encourages comprehension and insight.

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Reading for Understanding

When we read with intention to deeply understand, we unlock new knowledge.

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Reading Boosts Intelligence

Ultimately enhances our intelligence through reading.

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Reading benefits

Reading books allows knowledge to be enhanced and allows different opinions to be expressed.

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Reading and Comprehension

Comprehend more and ultimately enhance our intelligence.

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Ideal Critical Thinker

A person who is inquisitive, well-informed, open-minded, and fair-minded, among other qualities.

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Critical Reader

Goes beyond mere acceptance of facts, assessing the quality and interpretation of information.

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Source Credibility

The reliability of the source making a claim.

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Context of a Claim

The setting or background in which a claim is presented.

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Justification

The reasons or evidence offered to support a statement.

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Nature of Claim

The inherent characteristics and plausibility of a statement.

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Corroboration

Validation from multiple independent sources.

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Critical Choice in Reading

Using credibility, context, justification, nature, and corroboration to assess the value of reading material.

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Obedient Purposelessness

Reading without a specific goal, often leading to boredom and inefficiency.

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Uncritical Reading

Accepting information at face value without questioning its validity.

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"Finish Reading" Mentality

The mindset of completing a book for the sake of finishing, rather than understanding.

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Unengaged Reading

Reading without critically assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the presented material.

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Little Understanding

Reading without gaining a deep or meaningful understanding of the subject matter.

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Shallow Impression

Gaining only a surface-level impression of the material without acquiring in-depth knowledge.

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Becoming an Active Reader

The process of becoming a more engaged and critical reader through practice and conscious effort.

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Pausing to Reflect

Halting periodically to reflect on questions posed before starting to read.

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Relating & Questioning

Connecting new information with previously acquired knowledge and generating further questions.

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Active Reader

Readers that engage with the writer and add their knowledge while questioning.

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Practice Active Reading

Continual engagement of the mind is necessary for becoming an active and competent reader.

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Lifting Understanding

The desired outcome of reading, where one's comprehension increases from a lower to a higher level.

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Internal Understanding

Achieving deeper comprehension solely through mental effort, without relying on external aids.

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Reader's Mind Power

The ability of the reader's own intellect and cognitive skills to enhance comprehension of the material.

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Knowledge Transformation

The transformation from a state of limited knowledge to a state of expanded knowledge through the act of comprehending a text.

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Study Notes

  • Reading improves understanding and shapes opinions on topics.
  • Active mental effort is essential for effective reading.

Comprehension Skills

  • Analytic thought is goal-directed and transitive.
  • Information explains something with analytic thought.
  • Contemplative thinking is experiential and intransitive.
  • Reflection is the goal of contemplative thinking.
  • Reflection refines our relationship with the world.
  • Contemplation seeks illumination and new insight.
  • Information gained is context during contemplative thinking, not the primary goal
  • Reading involves contemplating a message, gaining insight, and learning about the world.
  • Information accompanies the experience of reading.
  • Analysis and contemplation are contrasting modes of thinking.
  • Misusing books for information only is possible.
  • Enhance understanding and relearn how to read well.
  • A 2010 Pew Research survey: Almost 80% of thinkers believed human intelligence would be enhanced by 2020 due to unprecedented internet access.
  • Despite increased internet access, human intelligence hasn't been enhanced, nor have choices improved.
  • Human intelligence integrates perception, memory, attention, and language to enables reasoning, problem-solving, and learning.
  • Internet use has reduced short-term memory due to reliance on readily available online information.
  • The "Google Effect" describes the reduced need to remember information.
  • The Internet has led to cursory reading, hurried and distracted thinking, and superficial learning.
  • Extensive Internet usage can decrease many cognitive functions
  • Reading strengthens interests and oneself.
  • Reading facilitates the "literature review" of experiences and thoughts.
  • As social beings, reading grants access to the thoughts, experiences, discoveries, and conclusions of others, shaping personal opinions.
  • Contemplative reading is necessary to truly gain information, not just access it.
  • Analytical thinking should start with gained information.
  • Reading improves all cognitive functions of human intelligence.
  • Reading improves language skills.
  • Contemplative reading enhances attention and concentration, which benefits memory.
  • Critical thinking is needed in every aspect of life.
  • Knowledge entails the interpretation of information.
  • A critical reader assesses the quality of writing.
  • Quality is determined by interpreting how facts are stated, evaluating the evidence supporting claims, considering alternative interpretations, and assessing the application of the interpretation to other cases.
  • Choose reading material by considering these principles: the credibility of the source, the context of the claim, the justification supporting the claim, the nature of the claim itself, and corroboration from other sources.
  • Reading for understanding can be done by the reader alone.
  • It can lift the reader from a state of understanding less to one of understanding more.

Reading & Evolution

  • For centuries reading has facilitated the passing of information from one generation to the next.
  • Reading is essential for advancing science, medicine, and other fields.
  • Writing down discoveries enables others to build upon them.
  • Reading has enabled human evolution as a species.
  • Contributions to human evolution in any field require analytical thinking, and problem solving.
  • All new knowledge builds upon previous knowledge.
  • Literature reviews are essential for establishing the basis for trustworthy research.
  • Reviewing literature about a problem establishes the foundation for new ideas.
  • Human evolution needs analytical thinkers who read.
  • Contemplative thinking is a prerequisite to analytical thinking.
  • Contemplative thinking can be trained by reading books.
  • Effective use of the Internet requires stepping back and learning to think contemplatively.
  • The "ideal critical thinker" is inquisitive, well-informed, trustful of reason, open-minded, flexible, fair-minded, honest about biases, prudent, willing to reconsider, clear about issues, orderly, diligent, reasonable, focused, and persistent.
  • Reading books helps us think differently, and when we read contemplatively to understand, we gain insight, understand more, and enhance intelligence.

Passive Readers

  • Passive reading is common due to habits developed as students.
  • Skimming text to gain the minimum information needed to pass tests is an example of passive reading.
  • Reading with a specific purpose differs greatly from reading without direction.
  • "Obedient purposelessness" is reading without a specific goal, making it inefficient and boring.
  • Uncritical reading involves accepting the author as an authority without questioning.
  • A "finish reading" mentality focuses on completing the book for a sense of achievement.
  • Unengaged reading involves reading without assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the text.
  • Passive readers may finish a book with little to no understanding of the main points.
  • Passive reading results in a shallow impression without a deep understanding of the subject matter.
  • Reading can be "less or more active" and the goal should be to become more active.
  • Becoming an active reader is a gradual process.

Active Readers

  • Active reading starts with a specific purpose in mind.
  • Questioning the author by considering them fallible leads to better engagement.
  • Readers should consider what they already know about a topic before reading.
  • A reader should assess what new knowledge a book adds.
  • A reader must identify the main point of the book.
  • Readers must consolidate the knowledge they learned.
  • Active reading involves reading with questions in mind.
  • Active reading seeks answers while reading.
  • Stopping to think back and asking additional questions is an important aspect of active reading
  • It's beneficial to note questions while developing the habit of questioning while reading.
  • Pausing after each paragraph, relating the content to prior knowledge, and asking more questions constitutes active reading.
  • Active reading encompasses understanding new concepts and ideas.
  • Critical thinking strategies and cognitive abilities are required for complete understanding.
  • The mind must be engaged while reading.
  • Understanding improves with increased activity while reading.

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