How to handle textbooks
The topic of this section:
This section contains step by step instructions for a system that
allows a person to manage the study of college level textbooks while
decreasing their overall study time* and insuring higher grades.
The key components of the whole process are a:
KEY WORD LIST
How you deal with the key words in the subject / textbook will
determine your success in studying the subject.
A LIST OF BOLD HEADINGS
This list acts as a detailed map of the book and chapters,
very useful tools both in class and while studying
A comprehension pattern (Notes) of any lecture.
comp. pattern helps guide study.
*The process IS labor intensive, the first two components are
done at the very beginning of the course, before the first
class meeting. The process concentrates the majority of the work
at the front end. But this weekend of concentrated effort applying
the process can save many dozens of study hours for the
rest of the course.
You may be the brightest student in the class, you may even know
the subject better than the instructor.