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[h3]Target what's important [/h3]
As you know, in a textbook, all that is written does not have the same importance. In a volume of 500 pages, there will be many examples, anecdotes, diagrams, and titles. The idea is [b]not to read everything[/b], but to target what is important. This is called [b]selective reading[/b].

Before you start reading, flip through the text. Read the table of contents to see how it is organized and then the summary at the end of each chapter. Observe how the author sets up each part.

Then see the index: see what are the keywords. The entries with the most reference pages are important. Write them down on a sheet of paper. These are the key terms of the textbook. Then read the introduction, especially at the end, which presents the main ideas developed in the book, and the conclusion.
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[h3]Target what's important [/h3]
As you know, in a textbook, all that is written does not have the same importance. In a volume of 500 pages, there will be many examples, anecdotes, diagrams, and titles. The idea is [b]not to read everything[/b], but to target what is important. This is called [b]selective reading[/b].

Before you start reading, flip through the text. Read the table of contents to see how it is organized and then the summary at the end of each chapter. Observe how the author sets up each part.

Then see the index: see what are the keywords. The entries with the most reference pages are important. Write them down on a sheet of paper. These are the key terms of the textbook. Then read the introduction, especially at the end, which presents the main ideas developed in the book, and the conclusion.
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[h3]Target what's important [/h3]
As you know, in a textbook or a book, all that is written does not have the same importance. In a volume of 500 pages, there will be many examples, anecdotes, diagrams, titles ... The idea is [b]not to read everything[/b], but to target what is important. This is called [b]selective reading[/b].

Before you start reading, flip through the manual. Read the table of contents to see how it is organized and then the summary at the end of the chapters. Observe how the author sets up each part.

Then see the index: see what are the keywords. The entries with the most reference pages are important. Write them down on a sheet of paper, these are the key terms of the textbook. Then read the introduction, especially on the end, which presents the main ideas developed in the book, and on the conclusion.
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