Active Reading // 3 Easy Methods
Summary
TLDRIn this video, the speaker introduces the concept of active reading, emphasizing the importance of engaging with material to better understand and remember it. They outline three methods: the Read/Summary (RS) method, where each paragraph is summarized to enhance retention; the Memory Boost (MB) method, which focuses on writing key terms messily to improve memory through tactile engagement; and the Think Like a Teacher (TLT) method, which uses color-coding and visualization to highlight key points. These techniques are designed to keep readers focused and awake, making learning more effective and enjoyable.
Takeaways
- 📖 Active reading involves engaging with material to better understand and remember it.
- 📝 The first method, Read/Summary (RS), focuses on summarizing each paragraph as you read to stay focused.
- 🧠 The Memory Boost (MB) method is used to help remember keywords and lists by writing and rewriting material.
- 👩🏫 The third method, Think Like a Teacher (TLT), involves highlighting, color coding, and pretending you're a teacher reviewing the content.
- ✍️ Engaging your hands and senses, like writing and highlighting, helps reinforce memory and understanding.
- 🔖 Summarizing as you read doesn't need to be neat; the goal is to engage and retain information, not make polished notes.
- 🖋️ The Memory Boost method emphasizes quick, messy writing to improve memory retention, particularly for lists.
- 🎨 Using color or even drawings (if possible) can enhance focus and recall, especially when remembering multiple items.
- 💡 Think like a teacher by anticipating what terms or concepts might be important to test or highlight during a lesson.
- 💬 Engaging multiple senses, like speaking aloud while reading or drawing symbols, can further improve memory and focus.
Q & A
What is active reading as defined in the video?
-Active reading involves engaging with the material to better understand, remember, and focus on it. This applies to PowerPoint slides, textbooks, books, and magazines.
What are the three methods of active reading discussed in the video?
-The three methods discussed are: 1) Read/Summary (RS) method, 2) Memory Boost (MB) method, and 3) Think Like a Teacher (TLT) method.
How does the Read/Summary (RS) method work?
-In the RS method, you read a paragraph and summarize it in the margin or on a separate sheet of paper. This helps you engage with the material by writing quick, informal summaries.
Why does the creator suggest using the RS method, even though it can be messy?
-The RS method helps you stay engaged with the text, ensuring that you process and remember the material, rather than passively reading and forgetting it. It encourages better retention by making you actively think about each paragraph.
What is the Memory Boost (MB) method, and why is it the creator’s favorite?
-The MB method involves rewriting lists or key points messily and repeatedly to engage memory through touch and repetition. It's useful for remembering keywords and lists, and the creator enjoys this method for its effectiveness.
Can you describe how the creator uses the MB method with an example?
-The creator uses an old notebook and rewrites key terms, such as the labors of Heracles, in a quick and messy manner. This repetitive writing process aids memory recall by engaging both hand and mind.
What is the Think Like a Teacher (TLT) method?
-In the TLT method, you imagine yourself as a teacher and highlight key terms or important concepts in your reading material. The goal is to predict what might be tested or taught, which helps you focus on crucial information.
How does color-coding and drawing help in the TLT method?
-By color-coding and drawing, you visually engage with the material, which helps you remember it more effectively. It also adds a creative element, making the content stand out and easier to recall.
Why is engaging multiple senses important in active reading, according to the video?
-Engaging multiple senses—such as visual, auditory, and tactile—enhances memory and focus. Writing, saying terms out loud, and even drawing can help you process and retain information more effectively.
What is the primary goal of active reading as described in the video?
-The primary goal of active reading is to stay engaged with the material, prevent boredom, and improve comprehension and memory retention. It helps you avoid passive reading, where you might forget most of the content.
Outlines
📚 Introduction to Active Reading
The speaker introduces the concept of active reading, which involves engaging with the material to understand, remember, and focus on it. This technique applies to various materials like textbooks, slides, and magazines. The speaker emphasizes the importance of staying focused while reading and introduces three methods: Read/Summary (RS), Memory Boost (MB), and Think Like a Teacher (TLT). The first method, RS, involves summarizing each paragraph to retain information more effectively.
📝 The Read/Summary (RS) Method
The speaker explains the first method, Read/Summary, which involves summarizing each paragraph in the margins of a textbook or on a separate sheet of paper. This method helps engage the reader with the material by quickly jotting down a summary after reading. It doesn’t need to be neat, as the primary goal is to remember and engage with the content. By summarizing and engaging the material physically through writing, the reader improves focus and retention.
✍️ Enhancing Memory with the RS Method
The speaker demonstrates how the RS method can be applied using an example of Freud’s oral stage from a textbook. They summarize the paragraph quickly, highlighting key points like the focus on the mouth for pleasure in infants. The speaker explains that physically writing down information engages the brain, improving memory through sensory association. By involving the hands in the process, memory is enhanced, allowing the reader to recall terms more effectively.
💡 The Memory Boost (MB) Method
The speaker introduces the second method, Memory Boost, which involves engaging the reader’s senses and feelings to improve memory retention, particularly for keywords and lists. Using slides from a Greek mythology class, the speaker demonstrates this method by quickly and messily writing down a list of the labors of Heracles. The physical act of writing, even in a disorganized manner, helps the reader remember the terms and concepts better.
🎯 Applying the MB Method to Lists
Continuing with the MB method, the speaker provides an example of how they recall the labors of Heracles by actively writing them down. They show that by repeatedly engaging with the material through writing, even if it's messy, the reader can remember lists and keywords more effectively. This method proves useful for exams and tasks that require memorization, demonstrating how engaging multiple senses improves retention.
🎨 The Think Like a Teacher (TLT) Method
The third method, Think Like a Teacher, encourages readers to approach material as if they were teaching it. This method involves color-coding important terms and concepts to highlight key points. If color isn’t an option, the speaker suggests using pencil marks to emphasize critical information. By pretending to teach the material and actively engaging the senses through visual and physical cues, the reader can better retain information. Drawing illustrations and repeating terms aloud further enhances memory.
🎬 Conclusion and Invitation to Engage
The speaker wraps up by encouraging viewers to engage with the video content by commenting if they want more details on any of the methods discussed. They emphasize the importance of staying awake and actively engaging with the material while reading. The speaker also invites viewers to like the video and subscribe to the channel, signaling the end of the session with thanks and a friendly goodbye.
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Keywords
💡Active reading
💡RS Method (Read/Summary Method)
💡MB Method (Memory Boost)
💡TLT Method (Think Like a Teacher)
💡Engage the material
💡Tactile engagement
💡Summarization
💡Memory retention
💡Key terms and lists
💡Sensory stimulation
Highlights
Introduction to the concept of active reading and its importance for focus, memory, and engagement.
The first method is called the 'Read/Summary' (RS) method, where readers summarize each paragraph to stay engaged.
The RS method encourages using a blank sheet of paper or the textbook's margins for quick summaries, emphasizing that these summaries don't need to be perfect.
Active reading is about processing material in a way that improves focus and retention, rather than making perfect notes.
The 'Memory Boost' (MB) method involves actively engaging with material using tactile senses, writing keywords and lists multiple times to enhance memory.
MB method works well for remembering lists and keywords, especially for exams and class material.
The speaker uses an old notebook and messy handwriting for the MB method, highlighting the importance of repeated writing to trigger memory.
The 'Think Like a Teacher' (TLT) method involves imagining yourself as a teacher and highlighting key points in material as if preparing to teach it.
TLT method suggests using color-coding or highlighting terms in books or slides to engage visual and tactile senses.
Using visual cues like drawings or simple sketches can help in remembering terms or key concepts during reading.
Engaging multiple senses—touch, sight, and auditory—during reading boosts focus and retention.
The TLT method is quick and effective for focusing on what teachers or exam questions might emphasize.
The goal of active reading is to prevent losing focus or falling asleep while reading complex or lengthy material.
Active reading techniques can save time by reducing the need to reread material multiple times.
Summary: Active reading incorporates sensory engagement, summarization, repetition, and teaching techniques to improve memory, focus, and retention.
Transcripts
[Music]
hi everyone in today's video I'm going
to be talking to you about the art of
active reading and I'm going to be
showing you my three most used methods
to do so now before I begin I just want
to make sure that everyone is on the
same page with me when I say active
reading it means engaging the material
you are trying to understand remember
and focus on so this can be PowerPoint
slides textbooks or actual books or
magazine uh basically these methods will
help you better understand what you're
reading not fall asleep while you're
reading and actually focus and remember
what you have read and what you are
trying to read so hopefully this will
help you out I'm just going to begin by
enumerating the three methods I
personally use to active read and to be
engaged with the material I am reading
the first method is called read/ summary
method so we can call it the RS method
the second method is the memory boost or
MB method and the third one is Think
Like a teacher method so TLT method I
called it now with that being said let
us start off with the first method so
what I have here is a textbook on intro
tosy this is my favorite textbook to use
as examples because it's very clear and
I find it's the standard textbook
looking text you can ever have so let's
just start with this one in the method
called read summary that is exactly what
we are going to do we are going to read
and each paragraph we see we are going
to summarize in the margin if you cannot
do so in the book I suggest just getting
like a blank sheet of paper right here
and just doing so there remember
this method is not textbook notes you do
not have to make them pretty they do not
have to be coherent if that makes any
sense you will see what I'm talking
about this is just a way you can Engage
The material and you can erase your
notes after or like just make a more
beautiful and more perfected version of
it to study later but this is not the
point of active reading the point of
active reading is while you go through
the material you need to remember as as
much as you can of it you need to engage
and focus on as much as you can from it
so basically think of this video kind of
like how not to fall asleep while
reading type of video think about it
what's better you take a bit more time
when reading it just once and
understanding it or you read it don't
remember anything of it and have to
reread it at least five times to
actually remember something or not just
like drool and your head on the textbook
falling asleep sleep type of thing ehh
where your do a tea account here you
know it's better it's better so in the
first stage of development called the
oral stage the baby's mouth is the focal
point of pleasure during the first 12 to
18 months of life children suck mouth
and bite anything that will fit into
their mouths to Freud this Behavior
suggested that the mouth is the primary
sight of a kind of sexual pleasure
infants who are either overly indulged
perhaps by being fed every time they
cried or frustrated in their search for
oral gratification might become fixated
at this stage so if you want if this is
already too much for you and you're
losing your train of thought and you're
like falling asleep summarize this just
Engage The material so you know what
let's just not go further let's
summarize this so what you can do is if
you can write on the textbook and you
don't mind writing on the textbook you
can write it in the margin but I'm just
going to say show you how I do it so
basically I just got a blank piece of
paper right here got to put it a bit
higher right there and this is the first
paragraph and if you would write in the
book you would just do a
little I don't know how you call this
aad I think anyway and you're just going
to write a really quick summary of what
you understood so what I understood here
is that first
stage
oral so
[Music]
mouth focal point
and that's it that's all I'm going to
write for that paragraph but what I'm
doing here is I'm engaging the material
it's ugly it's quick but I engaged my
hand and when you engage your senses
while you read not only does it make you
focus on the material think critically
and remember what you you read it's
because your mind doesn't only remember
what your eyes tell you it remembers
what your hand gesture tells you so by
the SM spelling by the smelling by the
spelling
of
oral
stage your hand is going to remember
those movements and it's going to help
you remember the term oral stage so that
is basically what we are doing
throughout the book throughout reading
the material just make little side notes
on every paragraph or every time you
think you know what I'm getting kind of
sidetracked I'm getting kind of bored
it's not going in anymore engage the
part that's not going in attack it be
like yo you know what I'm going to
understand you to to lack of time I'm
just going to provide you with a brief
overview of all of these techniques and
if you want me to go into detail on any
of them just let me know in the comments
down below but with that being said I am
going to move right on to the second
method which is called the memory boost
MB method and I also like to name this
right in the fields and you will see why
because we are once again engaging our
feeling our touch and getting ourselves
into what we're reading this is I have
to admit my most used method out of the
three I absolutely love this and you're
going to laugh because it looks just
like it looks it makes no sense it's a
mess but oh my god it works so much we
are going to use different material this
time we're going to be using slides for
this example and this one is from one of
my Greek mythology classes hey I told
you I'm passionate about a lot of things
Greek mythology is one of them what I'm
going to do is I'm going to take this
list the local labors of Heracles or
Hercules however you like to call him
and just show you what I do to better
remember them as opposed to just reading
them quickly and 2 seconds later you ask
me so what are they I'm going I have no
clue but if you do this you will so I'm
going to show you a real life legit
example of active reading and what I
personally mean by active reading when I
say active
reading this is it folks this disgusting
pile of random stuff is what happens
when I actively read so basically what I
do is I get a really old notebook that's
a bit destroyed dis shoveled with Pages
missing you need something you can use
the back of papers or anything so
basically how I do this second method is
in my bed I'm ult Trax and I have in
front of me the slides or whatever
material I'm trying to read and remember
and then an old like like I mentioned um
unused notebook or blank piece of paper
or anything I can write on and either a
pencil a pen it doesn't matter this is
going to be quick and messy and I'm just
going to show you my thought process
throughout the whole experience before
we get into this I just want to mention
that this specific method is insanely
useful when you're trying to remember
keywords and lists it's big big big on
memory for keywords and list because
you're writing them and rewriting them
and engaging your feels as in your
touchy Fey hands as in your touchy
Philly this is sounding weird so I'm
just going to stop and show you what I
do so the local the local labors number
1 2 3 4 5 6 oh my God that's a lot to
remember can I yes you can the first one
is the thean
lion second one oh my God I'm going to
mass her names is the laran
Hydra third one seran deer
four I don't know if you can see
this her
Manan
bore
five oh my God I don't know how to
pronounce that
Alan stables and
six
steem
fan
birds see that see how fast and random
and disgusting it was this
is honestly I love this method I always
do it because not only will you remember
how to write these so on an exam you
write them correctly you will remember
this trust me if you do active reading a
bunch of times and if you are trying to
remember a list and for the life of you
you can't even with active reading keep
doing it keep doing it oh man I can't
remember this go through the slides come
back to it local labors I remember now
just cuz I wrote it I remember there
were six so 1 2 3 four five six and it
depending on your class how detailed you
need to remember I remember there was a
lion uh I'm not looking legit I know
there was the
Hydra I know number six was
birds and then there was a boar
somewhere and then something that I
don't remember and then some something
with the
Barn Barn I don't know what that is
let's see how good I did oh I remember
the lion remember the Hydra then
remember the
deer write it down boar remembered it
Stables Barn same thing I was close and
birds that's take two see how much I
remembered just by doing active reading
and if you keep doing this you'd be
honestly surprised at how much you can
remember and how much it improves your
memory on lists and keywords finally the
last method I am going to be talking to
you about is called think like a teacher
method so TLT or mind reader Pro however
you want to call it this method is very
quick very much like my color coding
video because that is exactly what
you're going to do you're going to
highlight and color and code terms or
things that are going to be important
think like a teacher be the teacher and
vision you are the teacher and how you
are going to torture your students sorry
teachers you know I love you but
basically we are going to be doing some
legit 101 color coding again it engages
your hands your touch your feels if you
want to say these terms out loud that
adds another sensory stimulus that
engages you like your auditory hearing
ears if you want to say this out loud
highly encourage it even if people look
at you weird in the library give it a
shot but basically key here is to engage
as many senses as you can when you're
reading think about it like a game have
fun with it so what we're going to do is
we're going to tackle those legal labors
again so basically use any colors any
highlighters you want if you cannot lose
color or highlighters on your book or
whatnot I know this was a very popular
question what I like to do is use a
pencil to highlight and you know what
for the sake of this video Let's just
use a pencil for people that cannot use
colors on their Sid or on their books
I'm rooting for you this is how you can
do it and at the end you can always
erase it so no one knows you were there
basically local labors what you can do
is put it like that Nan lion you can
color it shade it like that oh my God
guys please don't make me pronounce
these names again Hydra color it the
deer color ing it the
boar
staes the birds this is engaging the
material it stands out even like this at
least you know what to look for it's
kind of like a pinpointing thing and
again my goal here is to keep you awake
so that's what we're doing we're
engaging it another fun way to do this
if you have time and energy and if
you're more talented than me cuz I'm
pretty poopy at this you can give
yourself little
drawings of the Lion oh guys please
don't judge the Hydra little monster
Hydra the deer though a deer a female
deer well this is a male cuz it has
antlers but you get my point the boar
can I really draw a
boar that's the nose that's the little
oh man I am sorry to all bores of the
world Stables you can write I don't know
like a little house little Barn
and
birds there you go tell me you won't
remember that I remember them right now
just by drawing them and engaging my
senses so that's it for today's video
guys I really hope you enjoyed it if you
want to see or if you want me to talk in
any of these methods in details please
leave it in the comments down below and
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