Summary: <a href="http://collegepreppodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Screen-Shot-2017-09-28-at-3.14.07-PM.png"></a>How many note-taking techniques do you consciously use when learning from a textbook?<br> Gretchen describes two specific strategies that you can use now in school, and the rest of your life too.<br> Tune into this episode to find out:<br> <br> * how to skim your textbook chapters quickly<br> * how to turn the information in a chapter into charts (strategy #1)<br> * what it means to convert your chapter notes into “quizzable study tools” (strategy #2)<br> * some examples of charts and quizzable study tools in the context of chemistry and history (see below for links to the textbook pages that Gretchen used as examples)<br> * and more!<br> <br> Here are the two texts that Gretchen used as examples in the podcast:<br> <br> * pages 919-921 (Chapter 16.3) of <a href="https://web.ung.edu/media/Chemistry2/Chemistry-LR.pdf">Chemistry by OpenStax College</a><br> * page 295-297 (Chapter 30) of <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/US_History.pdf">U.S. History by Wikibooks.org</a><br> <br> <br>
