Lesson Introduction

Lesson Overview

At this point, you have a fairly good understanding with what active learning and active reading are. Additionally, you now know different, common active reading methods that you can use for reading and other studying situations. However, do you know why these reading methods work? Additionally, do you know why some strategies might work better than others when it comes to memorizing information?

This lesson will not only let you understand active reading through a psychological perspective, it will also help you figure-out what strategies you want to add to your own reading methods for your Unit 2 Project that you feel will best help you with your college reading situations.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

1. Understand how our brains learn

2. Understand different levels of comprehension and activities in relation to memory

3. Relate your knowledge of how our brains learn to active learning and reading theories

4. Determine specific reading and writing strategies that work best for you individually.

Lesson Sections

This lesson about about reading strategies and reading methods is divided-up into four sections, which are listed below. You may access these sections in the menu on the left (or the top-left by clicking the three lines if viewing on a mobile devices).

1. Text Structures

2. The Learning Cycle

3. Memory & Bloom's Taxonomy

4. Reading Strategies Worksheet Activity

Please, work-through each of these informational sections to learn the concepts of this lesson before checking your understanding of the material through the "comprehension quiz" provided in our class's Canvas shell.

While progressing through the sections above, if you find yourself confused or need additional clarity, please feel free to reach-out through any communication option available to our class (listed in the Home and Syllabus tabs in our class's Canvas shell) that best suits your needs and comfort.