CRCB Ch. 10 Summary Textbook Marking

Chapter ten was about textbook marking and the advantages of it. Textbook marking is a systematic way of marking, highlighting and labeling ideas and nwords to show how they are related and which ones are the most important. One must highlight or mark words, phrases or sentences, write notes in the margins to let you know why you marked what you did. The three basic elements to mark are the main idea, important details and vocabulary. You should follow four steps when textbook marking. First step is to preview. You should skim the reading and get familiar with all of the vocabulary. Develop initial questions. The second step is to study-read. This is to fully read the chapter, not just skim it. The third step is to do the actual marking. The fourth step is to write margin cues, notes or symbols, to indicate what you marked and why. Marking more depends on the professor’s lecture and unclear sections of the text. Personalizing it with your own symbols and abbreviations will help you. This chapter was helpful to me because it broke down the process into easy steps to follow.