How many times should I read?

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<p>I’m taking Anatomy and Physiology 1, Sociology, Anthropology, and English 101. How many times should I read? My mom says read once, highlight, and reread what you highlighted.</p>

<p>Also I have a English, Sociology, and Anthropology reading due by tomorrow. How many times should I read the given topic? My anthropology professor said read once. Please help. I just started college after taking a year off and I need to do good this semester or I won’t be able to go back to school.</p>

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<p>My political science professors advised us to read as many times as you need to in order to understand the material.</p>

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<p>Read it until you know/understand the material… if that means reading it once, read it once. If it takes 20 tries to understand it, read it 20 times.</p>

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<p>You asked the same question 9 days ago.
Get off the computer. Turn off your phone.
Read until you are done.
Stop procrastinating.
Focus.
Concentrate.</p>

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<p>Are you taking notes while you read? That will help you remember the material, especially as you won’t be able to re-read all of everything for exams.</p>

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<p>beerme, 9 days ago I asked how to study. Here, i’m asking how to read. Quite similar but a little different.</p>

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<p>Hi Jakesill.</p>

<p>I agree with what Failure622 said. It does not matter how many times you need to read as long as you are able to understand what you read. There are other people who can already understand the first time they read. However, there are others who still need to read the next day so that they can comprehend what they can’t try to understand.</p>

<p>Reading is fun. Enjoy it :)!</p>

<p>Doris</p>

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<p>Agreed with above posters. Read until you understand. Sometimes I need to read twice or three times because I’m reading, but not really understanding or taking in and information.</p>

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<p>Thank you for the response everyone.</p>

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<p>As others have said, it doesn’t matter how many times, it matters “how” you read. You can absent mindedly pass your eyes over the words without really comprehending much, or you can thoroughly read something. I generally only read assigned chapters one time. I might take a few notes or highlight something occasionally, but I generally don’t. In my experience, assigned reading has been more of a supplement to the lectures, rather than the main focus. When I took English Comp II, I didn’t even do ANY of the reading through the semester, and finished with a high A. </p>

<p>If you thoroughly read something, you will actually comprehend it. If you read through a passage that was more complex or confusing, backtrack and read it again, then stop for a moment to comprehend it and think about it. Don’t speed read. Read at a slower pace, and pause often to let the information sink in. Repeat key terms/definitions several times, possibly even saying them out loud. </p>

<p>A lot of your classes are fairly reading intensive, so reading things multiple times would consume huge chunks of time. I’m in intro to anthropology right now, and we have 7 assigned chapters for the first unit exam. I’m definitely not going to sit down and reread all 7 of these chapters. I’ll definitely skim through them again and reread the key terms, review the different diagrams of primate evolution and such. We’re covering basically all of the same stuff in lecture though, in more depth. My notes will be a more valuable review source than the book.</p>