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Academic Reading Comprehension and Note-taking That Work!
Rating: 4.4 out of 5(260 ratings)
1,179 students

Academic Reading Comprehension and Note-taking That Work!

Understand what you read while you read it, remember it afterwards, and take highly effective notes!
Created byLeslie Quigless
Last updated 10/2017
English

What you'll learn

  • Understand what you're reading while you read it
  • Take effective notes on what you read (no highlighting necessary!)
  • Remember what you've read after you read it

Course content

4 sections10 lectures44m total length
  • Course and Instructor Introduction4:10

    Learn about the instructor; understand what you’ll learn in course; know what materials you’ll need. 

  • The Premise Behind This Course3:14

    Understand the methodology behind the reading comprehension and notetaking strategy you’re going to learn.

  • Reading Comprehension and Note-taking Strategy Steps 1 and 2 of 123:18

    Reading Comprehension and Note-taking Strategy Steps 1 and 2 of 12

  • Reading Comprehension and Note-taking Strategy Steps 3 and 4 of 123:04

    Reading Comprehension and Note-taking Strategy Steps 3 and 4 of 12

  • Reading Comprehension and Note-taking Strategy Steps 5 and 6 of 122:40

    Reading Comprehension and Note-taking Strategy Steps 5 and 6 of 12

Requirements

  • You should have a writing utensil.
  • You should be able to print out course PDFs to complete the strategy step exercises.
  • You should have notebook paper if you don't want to use the course PDFs provided to complete the strategy step exercises .
  • You should have an open and willing mindset to learn something that's going to serve you for a lifetime!

Description

If you have to read dense text for an academic class, then this course is for you! You will learn how to understand what you read while you read it and remember it long after, too. And no more copying from the textbook for note-taking (and forgetting that, too)--because you'll also learn how to take effective notes. Ideal for students who are in middle school, high school, college, and graduate school. 

Who this course is for:

  • Middle school, high school, and college students
  • Parents of middle and high school students
  • Anyone who wants to be able to read, truly absorb, and remember nonfiction text
  • Anyone who wants to be able to take effective notes on nonfiction text