Personal Reading Procedure• P2R

Thinking Critically

• Learning Styles

• How I learn Personally

Critical ThinkingThe study of clear and unclear thinking.

A critical thinker gathers lots of very relevant information. They ask detailed questions about the subject at hand. They communicate with others’ thoughts on the subject. Basically critical thinkers think beyond the concept at hand and find more out about the subject to get a better understanding.

P2R•Preview

•Read Actively

•Review

P2R SystemPreview

Start by going through and splitting your reading into appropriate sized sections for what you are reading. Preview what you are going to read, look at section titles, topic sentences, and read the last paragraph. Look through your reading and take a look at all of the graphs and pictures. After you are finished ask yourself some questions about what you’ve seen so far. These questions might include:

What will the main topic be?

What do you already know on this subject?

What do you want to know more about?

P2R SystemRead Actively

When you read your section, read at least a whole paragraph before taking any notes-don’t take notes as you go. Taking notes as you go makes it harder to find what you should actually be writing in your notes and it makes it difficult to process what you are reading. When you highlight information don’t highlight too much and don’t highlight too little, just highlight important phrases. As you are reading and taking notes try to write a question or two in the margins or on post it notes to come back to and look at later. This will come in handy when you are trying to see if you know what you just read about.

P2R SystemReview

Think about what you have read. Write a summary about what you read, make sure to use your own wording and don’t use exact quotes from the text. In your summary you can include observations, connections, or personal thoughts about the reading. Next, you can go back through and answer the questions you had gone through and written as you were reading. When you are finally done start the process over again with your next section of reading.

Learning Styles

• Naturalistic

• Bodily-Kinesthetic

• Interpersonal

• Intrapersonal

Naturalistic

Naturalistic learners, just like bodily-kinesthetic learners like to learn in a “hands on” sort of way. They like to be outside and within the environment. They tend to learn better when they relate the things they are learning to nature and animals. They are curious and interested in their surroundings.

Bodily-KinestheticBodily Kinesthetic learners think in movements, they connect what they are learning to movement. They don’t like to sit still for very long when they are learning. They like to stay active while learning. Doing hands on activities and experiments helps them learn best. They tend to remember material better when they ‘do’ rather than when they ‘watch’.

InterpersonalInterpersonal Learners enjoy activities such as speech, drama, and debate team. They tend to do better in group projects. When they are able to interact with other people they tend to learn information better. They prefer involvement with others rather than working alone. Interpersonal Learners are good at reading people, they like to know others opinions and preferences.

IntrapersonalIntrapersonal Learners are decision makers. They set a lot of self goals. Self-management is something that is important to them and easy for them. All of their work and subjects are well organized. Working alone is more beneficial to them than working in groups. They are very independent though not necessarily shy, they are self smart-they know themselves.

How I Learn Personally

• What type of learner I am

• How I take notes

• Why my learning procedure works

What Type of Learner I Am

I am a mix in between three different types of learners. I am Bodily-Kinesthetic, Interpersonal, and Intrapersonal.

I’m Bodily-Kinesthetic because I don’t like sitting in class just listening to a teacher talk, I need to ‘do’ rather than ‘watch’. I start getting fidgety in class if I have to just stay in my seat for multiple class periods in a row.

I’m Interpersonal because I like to have others feedback on my work. I like to hear others’ opinion on my work.

I’m also Intrapersonal because for me its easier to work alone. It helps me keep my thoughts straight and I get more work done when I’m alone. I also like to be organized with my work.

How I Take NotesWhen I take notes over what I am reading. I do it somewhat similar to the P2R method. I don’t split my reading into sections usually I just do it all at once. For me that is easier than breaking it up. I go through and look over section titles like you would when using P2R. I however don’t write a lot of questions, I find it easier to go back through and just review my notes and what I think was important from the reading. I usually read a paragraph at a time before writing down notes over it-like P2R suggests doing. Since I can’t highlight in my book, if I find something that I think would be worth highlighting I write it in my notes and put a star beside it to show it is important.

Example:

After reading the first paragraph sum up these sentences to put in your notes

Add this important sentence in your notes

Put the vocab in your own words in your notes-this way you know you understand them

Another sentence that would be important to remember

Why My Learning Procedure WorksFor the type of learner I am, it is a very easy and efficient way do to homework.

If you think you are similar to the type of learner I am I would suggest taking notes like I do. It makes it easy to read your assignment and get all of the information out of it. I also often take breaks so you don’t have to sit still so long if it is a long assignment. This can help keep me from wanting to fall asleep. I feel like suggesting frequent breaks for other people will also help benefit them when they do homework.

ConclusionI told you about the P2R System, four types of learning styles, and how my Personal Learning Procedure ties into each of these things.