The Lighthouse

To get what you want out the reading you do it is important to be active. Just running your eyes over the page won’t get you far!

• In order to be active think about the following before you start reading:
• What is your purpose?
• Why are you reading the text?
• What do you hope to get out of it (e.g. a definition or understanding of an argument)?
• Can you make predictions about what might be in the text?
• Does the topic of the text relate to any of your existing experience or knowledge? How?
• Are there any flaws in the text (e.g. the conclusions don’t follow from the premises or the method was flawed)?
• What are the main points you need to note down?

Also see:

• http://owll.massey.ac.nz/study-skills/in-depth-reading.php
• http://owll.massey.ac.nz/study-skills/note-taking.php