In my previous post, I shared my overall advice for college students who want to spend less time reading while getting more out of what they read. Now I want to follow up with the most important mindset shift to make when you are moving from high school to college reading assignments.
The goal of a reading assignment is not simply to read all the words from beginning to end and take scattered notes on random elements that you think might be important.
Instead, the goal is to uncover the author’s argument, and be able to restate that argument briefly in your own words.
How do you know when you have understood?
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