Chapter 10 - CRCB - Textbook Markings Summary

“CRCB”: Chapter 10 – Textbook Marking – Summary
In this chapter you learn how to correctly mark your textbook for better studying and understanding. Textbook marking is defined as, a systematic way of marking, highlighting, and labeling ideas to show how they are related to each other and which are most important. For example, when I read a new text, I highlight things that I think are important such as specific words, their definitions, and phrases. You could also write notes in the margin of the text explaining to yourself why you highlighted the words and phrases you did. A few of the items you should mark to make your reading and understanding more efficient are: Main ideas, major supporting details, and new vocabulary.
There are some tips for textbook marking.
1) Buy new textbooks. You don’t want to get confused with previous students textbook markings. You want your textbook to be ready for your own markings.
2) Buy a fine-point pen. The purpose of this is for narrow book margins. You want to have a pen that when you write, you will be able to fit all your text.
3) Buy highlighters; different colored highlighters can help you with differentiating between vocab words and main ideas
There are four steps to properly mark your textbook:
First step is to preview the material that has been assigned to you. While skimming the text identify all the unfamiliar vocabulary words and write them down. Later, you can look up the definitions of the words to understand their meanings.
Step two is to study-read the assigned reading in sections. First read the section before marking anything. It is important to make sure you understand each section you read before you continue on to the rest.
Step three, When you are finished reading all the assigned material, you can then go back and highlight the information that answered the questions you came up with, the main ideas, and the major supporting details.
Step four, writing margin cues. A margin cue is defined as a symbol or notation you write in the margin of your text beside important information to indicate what you marked and why.