If your text book looks like the offspring of a rainbow, YOU’RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG!
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Every student enjoys highlighting. It's simple, takes little time, and feels manageable. Though this study method may feel productive, does it actually enhance learning?
More problems with highlighting:
The quality of the highlighting is a variable that can influence the effectiveness of this study strategy. Students' perceptions of what information is and isn't important vary greatly. Students are also unaware of the proper amount of highlighting.
Over-highlighting blurs the definition of marked text. Studies show that if students only underline a key sentence per paragraph, recall is higher compared to the no-underlining control group. (Dunlosky et al., 2013). Thus, less highlighting might help recall.
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What conditions give highlighting a fighting chance? :
The effectiveness of highlighting can be affected by prior knowledge of the subject matter. Studies show that students who previously had knowledge of the topic benefited more from active highlighting than those who had no prior knowledge.
HOW TO HIGHLIGHT A BOOK
by Mark Ward.
Highlight so that the highlighted text forms a complete sentence. It's not as difficult as it sounds, and it will help you scan the book or take notes in the future.
These are a busy dissertation writer’s tips for highlighting a book:
(THE COLOR CODING METHOD)
1.) Use YELLOW highlighter for any statements that grab you.
2.) Use Orange highlighter for a statement that grabs you but is right next to another statement that already grabbed you, so you can keep them separate.
3.) Use Pink for organizing statements, such as “This chapter has two primary objectives, first… second….” This will orient you on the page quickly. I often do this before I actually read a given section.
4.) In an important book I go through my highlights after reading and pretty well copy them all down into VECONote I try to make my notes form a narrative that describes the book’s contents.
5.) I write in the margins. I didn’t always. I use Pigma Micron pens for that.
6.) I like clickable highlighters so I don’t have to fiddle with a cap.
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