#skimming

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Thanks! Sincerly,

a jealous follower who sees your neatly done bullet journals and wishes the could do that!

As a grad student, I just learned how to skin a textbook, so it takes practice is all I’ll say about that. I’m splitting this up into two sections (1) How to skim textbooks and (2) how to take notes.

How to skim textbooks:

When skimming, always start by reading the conclusion. While reading that, write down what is mentioned in on a sticky note (ex. If it mentions a model of psychological assessment, write that down). After you’ve written down what is mentioned in the conclusion, go back and read the introduction to see if there’s anything important in there that wasn’t mentioned in the conclusion. If there is, add that to the sticky note. Then, go and read the sections about the things mentioned on the sticky note(s).

How to take notes:

Now that you’ve skimmed the text, you want to write down the important things. Usually, some things I always write down are definitions and then steps that are mentioned. Also anything you feel is important and is a main idea reading that thing.

So, for a note taking set up, usually I separate my notes by week and subject. (Ex. Neuroscience week 1, Psychopathology week 2, etc.) Specific headings are underlined and centered. Subheadings are underlined and left aligned on the page. Then, if I need to write down a definition, the word is in a different color and the definition is just in black. Things that are written down get a dash. Anything in relation to that point, gets a bullet and is indented, and anything related to that bullet gets another bullet that is also indented (same goes for numbering things). Then, I highlight anything mentioned in class as I try to read the textbook before I go to class.

I know this is probably confusing, so here’s a visual:

Header: (underline)

Word: definition of said word

Subheading: (underline)

-important info

• important info relating to the above point (or a steps, such as step 1)

< important info relating to the last bullet point or a sub point or extra step about the above point.

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