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The Best Ways to Annotate When Reading

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The Best Ways to Annotate When Reading Annotating your textbooks or other study materials is a great way to help you retain what they’re saying—it forces you to read critically and pay attention. Unfortunately, if you don’t do it right, you’re not going to get as many benefits as you should. Here are the right (and wrong) ways to annotate. Read more…

Lifehacker 1.1k 2023-11-21

LPT Request: How to stop brain from wandering while reading.

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LPT Request: How to stop brain from wandering while reading. I keep trying to get back into reading, but it’s like my brain won’t let me. I’ll be fine through a couple paragraphs, but then it’s like my eyes will follow the words but my brain goes somewhere else. It takes me awhile to even notice and then I have to go back and find the spot where I stopped paying attention and try again. After awhile I jus…

Life Pro Tips 199 2023-08-29

Shanker Blog: Demystifying the Science of Reading

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Shanker Blog: Demystifying the Science of Reading Shanker Blog: Demystifying the Science of Reading Over the past year, the Albert Shanker Institute has been examining four years worth of literacy legislation — stay tuned for our report, which will be released soon. In discussing our findings with colleagues and friends, we often find ourselves starting from scratch, filling gaps,…

The Best Education Blog 255 2023-08-24