TART

For this weeks blog I used the reading strategy TART, which stands for terms, attend, read, and test. I used this strategy in my Psychology 205 course as well as my Philosophy 192 course. For both courses, I read through my textbook and highlighted all important facts, and things I thought the professor would bring up in class that week. For example, I went through each section, and highlighted the titles and used those as my abbreviations. I then highlighted important facts through each section, and used those as my test questions. I would then attend class and take notes as the professor was speaking, and see if any of the notes I took connected with what the professor was going over, and usually, I was on with a lot of the material. After class, I would go home and re-read my notes I took from the reading, as well as notes I took in class and came up with test questions I believed would be on the test. This reading strategy was great for me because it helped me to realize the outside reading is very important to complete each time to get a better understanding of what the professor is talking about each class. It is as if it gives you a head start on class for that day. I would recommend this reading strategy to anyone, no matter what type of learner you are.