Summarising

Critical thinking ability is a better predictor of life decisions than intelligence. When it comes to making the most important decisions in our lives, IQ may not be the best tool at our disposal, according to a new study in the journal Thinking Skills and Creativity.

Critical readers seek knowledge; they do not “rewrite” a work to suit their own personalities. Your task as an enlightened critical reader is to read what is on the page, giving the writer a fair chance to develop ideas and allowing yourself to reflect thoughtfully, objectively, on the text.

1. Read and understand the text carefully.
2. Think about the purpose of the text. Ask what the author’s purpose is in writing the text?
3. Select the relevant information.
4. Find the main ideas – what is important.
5. Change the structure of the text.
6. Rewrite the main ideas in complete sentences.
7. Check your work.

The options you were given are the following:

• Provide a detailed description of the passage.
• Use facts, not opinions.
• Include all the main ideas of the passage.
• Give proper background information on the topic.
• Try to be as brief as possible.

​General Strategies for Reading Comprehension

• Using Prior Knowledge/Previewing.
• Predicting.
• Identifying the Main Idea and Summarization.
• Questioning.
• Making Inferences.
• Visualizing.
• Story Maps.
• Retelling.

7 Key Benefits of Effective Note-taking

• Improves focus and attention to detail.
• Promotes active learning.
• Boosts comprehension and retention.
• Teaches prioritizing skills.
• Extends attention span.
• Improves organization skills.
• Increases creativity.

Two Purposes for Taking Notes You will take notes for two main reasons: To keep a record of the information they heard. This is also called the external storage function of notetaking. To facilitate learning the material you are currently studying by encoding the information.