Do you read everything that is assigned to you?

[soliloquy]

What is your reading style? Do you skim, read every tittle, pick and choose based upon assignment questions, etc.

[cookderosa]

What is your reading style? Do you skim, read every tittle, pick and choose based upon assignment questions, etc.

If I'm into the content, I usually exceed the requirement - but if not, it's as little as possible lol. Also, if I'm being honest, having professors that didn't have any kind of accountability built into the reading didn't get my (limited) time. Reading takes a long time, so if I have several hundred pages to read for a course, and we never talk about or write about or get tested on the content....ehhhhh I'm not so invested.

[KittenMittens]

pick a good/easy professor using ratemyprofessors, and feedback from other students if I can find any.

get old exams if possible, and try to figure out how heavily the professor goes off of their own notes/slides versus textbook. Most instructors use the textbook to supplement learning and distill the important information down to its most basic elements. In more difficult subjects, supplement with review books (i.e. physics, calculus, etc) which help "dumb it down" to make it easy to learn

If an instructor sucks, and just does questions ouf of a textbook (I had a microbiology instructor like that), read the intro paragraph, conclusion, glance over it, see how many pages there are, and then read to understand. Never skim if it's a science subject, but I do when it's usually something fluff.

If instructor is more about conceptual, or "broad minded" learning, I'll google or wikipedia a lot of things and see where that leads me. Probably the most useful as there are so many websites, and school websites that will cover the same stuff.

It really depends on who your instructor is, what subject you're doing, and how interested in it. I generally dislike textbooks which tend to be verbose, dry, and hard to sustain interest in. Some textbooks are ok like Campbell's Biology book, but still, how much do you really retain after 1 day, 5 days, 2 weeks, a year, etc.? I used to read textbooks from cover to cover wayyy back, but who has the time to do that over and over again?

But overall, this method has worked 9/10x for me in general.

[Exfactor]

What is your reading style? Do you skim, read every tittle, pick and choose based upon assignment questions, etc.

Skim the major points, focusing on the powerpoint notes, while also using outside sources to help me understand the material better. One thing I have noticed about graduate school is that there is so much reading required, that if you don't become a professional skim reader in some way you will fall behind, especially if you are a working professional. In my courses I have to read 1-3 chapters a week, along with reading 3-4 peer reviewed studies weekly (per a course). I also like to watch Youtube videos on the material as it allows you to observed the material in action. I think the more you progress in education, the better you understand your study methods. When I was a freshman I used to read sites like ratemyprofessor just so I could find an easy professor. After having an abundance of professors people claimed to be terrible, and hard to pass I learned that your grade depended on your effort. So if a professor was difficult or easy I always passed with an A or B grade.

[clep3705]

On ratemyprofessors.com, I value the clarity rating over the easiness rating. If the instructions are clear, you know exactly what is required of you.

[smf6824]

I absorb what the professor says in a lecture. If I have a course with no lecture I at first skim, see how the first test goes and adjust reading as necessary.

[Bibby]

Generally, yes. I might skim a really long or boring section, but I usually read the assigned chapters every week.

[ajs1976]

If I'm taking a class, I try to read the entire text before the class starts. I skim the main content and filler and spend a little more time on the key terms, concepts, and summaries.

The main reason I do this is in case some outside event pulls me away from the course, I can skip the reading and dig into the course requirements.

[soliloquy]

Skim the major points, focusing on the powerpoint notes, while also using outside sources to help me understand the material better. One thing I have noticed about graduate school is that there is so much reading required, that if you don't become a professional skim reader in some way you will fall behind, especially if you are a working professional. In my courses I have to read 1-3 chapters a week, along with reading 3-4 peer reviewed studies weekly (per a course). I also like to watch Youtube videos on the material as it allows you to observed the material in action. I think the more you progress in education, the better you understand your study methods. When I was a freshman I used to read sites like ratemyprofessor just so I could find an easy professor. After having an abundance of professors people claimed to be terrible, and hard to pass I learned that your grade depended on your effort. So if a professor was difficult or easy I always passed with an A or B grade.

I've always read every word of my textbook. I'm enjoy law so if it's a law class - I have one law class now - I tend to read everything because I enjoy it. I have a leadership class that makes me want to cry it's so boring. My Project Management class I'm invested in so I read that through from cover to cover. I just am really struggling with reading my leadership book. It's so boring...so I've been skimming...except some of the psych concepts. Because this school is GAC accredited, my core project management courses are proctored and not open book either. I'm not sure if that's PMI's requirement or the school but it means I can't just ignore most of what I'm reading.

I have a professor that a lot of people talk badly about but I am enjoying his class (law class) and so I'm also getting A's where everyone else is claiming to be receiving C's. I've talked to him on skype and I try to send questions that are more than just procedural and he told me he appreciates that. So I agree, with some of these "difficult" professors if you just make effort, they really see that and grade accordingly.

[soliloquy]

If I'm taking a class, I try to read the entire text before the class starts. I skim the main content and filler and spend a little more time on the key terms, concepts, and summaries.

The main reason I do this is in case some outside event pulls me away from the course, I can skip the reading and dig into the course requirements.

Wow, I don't think I could have fit in 4 400-600 page text books before the semester started! LOL

I do intend to take the study.com course on information systems before my summer class.