Q&A for How to Study a Textbook

Try to skim through the book or material you are using to study and note down important points or main ideas. If it's a textbook, review any summaries they've provided at the end of the chapters. If you have notes from class discussions, review those as well.

Try dividing each chapter into multiple sections, make a list of them and read each thoroughly. Study it and delve into the complexities of the article. Then try to recall what you've studied. Don't be overwhelmed by the number of pages, instead, try to look at it as a challenge and make it easy for you.

Do practice problems they give you. Most of the time, note-taking is the only way you can learn from textbooks, but if they have practice problems, you can do those.

There are a lot of probable answers here. Firstly, Class 11 is where you step in a different academic level -- things become more complex, and that can challenge your comprehension. Secondly, a lot depends on the teacher who checks the paper. Maybe he/she did not like your answers or your way representing sums. So, discuss it with your teachers.

Write down important keywords, concepts, and vocabulary. Make sure you have the important points and learn to abbreviate.

That is a great way to study for a test. Make sure you summarize when you are done to make sure you really learned the information that you read.

I think you should try to study a little bit at a time. You forget it because you are probably craming everything when you should just study in little chunks.

Use meditation or brain exercises to center yourself and find a quiet place to study.

Yes, but don't try to read everything. Look at the big things you studied, like formulas or important events, and do some practice problems if applicable. If you're reading a history textbook, try to memorize names and dates.

You should use them when you feel like something is important to label. You can also use it to jot down your opinions so that you can remember them, but aren't writing in the book.

Organize your timetable in such a way that the most longest or most difficult topics are covered first and then move onto the easier topics also ensure that you have sufficient time for revision and sufficient amount of breaks.

1. Ask your parent or guardian to help you by holding onto your devices while you study. 2. Designate a limited amount of time for "fun things." You can use them as a reward for getting your studying done. 3. Condition yourself to separate studying from entertainment. For example, you can have a "studying lamp." Whenever you are studying, you turn your lamp on. When you are not studying, keep the lamp off. This only works if you can do this consistently. 4. Use a study teddy. Pretend that a teddy is a real person and it is watching you. Study for your teddy by reporting what you have learned to it. 5. Use colored highlighters/pens to label things on the textbook (use post-it notes instead of writing if you don't own the textbook).

Explain the contents of a textbook to someone else. When you explain something, your brain works a bit differently; instead of you asking the questions when you don't understand something, it's now up to you to find the answers when the listener doesn't understand something. Active reading simply means paying more attention to what you're reading, while asking how this information ties in with what you need.

Yes. Understanding something once is a good step, but it's not necessarily the entire process. Can you reproduce the logic that made you understand it without contextual clues? Can you apply that same logic to a similar but distinct problem or concept? Have you at least memorized the understanding?

Active reading strategies lead to comprehension and retention of what you're reading. You'll understand and remember what you've read more than if you actively read.

You shouldn't memorize text. Instead, put it in your own words or write it down. Associate the text with something personal to you or your town. Imagine facts-- for example, if text describes militias marching through Philadelphia before the American Revolution, imagine those boys and men leaving home to fight for the "new" country. They weren't in uniforms, just regular clothes worn on farms. Can you "see" them?

Taking notes is essential. Notetaking helps you process information more deeply, helps you review what you have learned, helps you organize the information you have read, and will help you get better grades.

A summary should have the main information of the lecture or the textbook material. Think of it as a movie in which the story is the textbook material and the summary is the plot of the movie; that is, the concept discussed in a chapter, and answering all the why, when, what, who and how depending upon the textbook content. Think of all the main words from the book and link those words with your own paraphrased sentences.

Divide your preparation as follows: Read the book, find out the word meanings and concept details from reference material or online content, watch YouTube videos or other online pages that discuss the topic, download or collect previous years' exam papers and answer them all, and assess your marks. Try to understand the concept instead of feeling worried about how you will finish them.