Study Skills - Reading Strategies

According to Cal Newport, how should you prioritize your reading assignments?

• Read all the assignments from the favored source and skim the supplemental readings

• Read only the assignments from the favored source and skip the supplemental readings

• Read only the assignments that make an argument and skip the rest

• Read only the assignments that provide context and skip the rest

What are the three areas that make up your visual range?

• Fovea, parafovea, and periphery

• Cones, rods, and fovea

• Saccades, fixations, and regressions

• Chunks, RAM, and working memory

What is the speed limit on how fast you can visually process text?

• 1000 words per minute

• 200-400 words per minute

• 500-800 words per minute

• More than 1000 words per minute

Which of the following speed reading techniques has been scientifically proven to be ineffective?

• Increasing the size of each fixation

• Flashing words rapidly in one spot

• Eliminating subvocalization

• All of the above

What is the Morse Code Method recommended by Cal Newport?

• Highlighting important sentences and examples

• Drawing dots and dashes in the margin to mark big ideas and supporting examples

• Taking detailed notes while reading

• Summarizing the entire text after reading

What is active reading?

• Reading quickly without pausing

• Engaging with the text and actively processing the information

• Reading aloud to improve comprehension

• Reading while multitasking

What is the first step of the SQ3R system?

• Survey

• Question

• Read

• Recite

What is the purpose of surveying in active reading?

• To skim over the whole text quickly

• To write down questions before reading

• To take detailed notes while reading

• To review the material after reading

What is the danger of highlighting too much while reading?

• It can lead to confusion and lower comprehension

• It can make the text harder to read

• It can cause eye strain

• It can slow down reading speed

What is the recommended approach for taking notes or summarizing what you've read?

• Take detailed notes for big concepts and summaries for fact-heavy readings

• Take detailed notes for fact-heavy readings and summaries for big concepts

• Take detailed notes for everything you read

• Take summaries for everything you read