Skimming

What is skimming?

Skimming in high-speed reading that can save you time and help you get through lots of material quickly. You skim to get a general sense of the passage or book, not specific details. When you skim, you have a general question about the whole text.

When do you skim?

In a typical college class, skimming is the only way to get through all of the reading required. Skimming is important when doing research.

How do you skim?

1. Don’t read every word.

2. Look for the writer’s thoughts.

3. Look for quotations.

Speed Reading Strategies: Check your Reading Habits

Speed Reading Strategies: Bottom-Up Reading


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Inference, Previewing and Making Predictions

What is inference?


The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

For example, a student's clothes were wet when he came to Daniel Hall this morning.

What can we infer from this example?

A- This student took a swim in the pond in front on the library.
B- This student took a a shower with his clothes on.
C- This student took the bus to school and was splashed with a water puddle as a passing truck drove by his bus stop.

By using reasoning and since we know that this student takes the bus to school, we can infer that "C" is the correct answer. Furthermore, choices "A" and "B" are very strange.

Previewing and Making Predictions

What is previewing?
Looking for information before your read. This can be the title, subtitle, pictures or other bits of information.

What is making predictions?
Making guesses about a reading. We do this to keep engaged in the reading.


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