Reading College Texbooks

Successfully reading college textbooks requires students to:

• Select main ideas
• Separate and organize supporting details
• Understand the author's methods of development
• Understand patterns of organization
• Understand the author's purpose and tone
• Detect bias and propaganda
• Read "between the lines"
• Separate fact from opinion
• Draw inferences
• Understand vocabulary in context
• Evaluate arguments

Also check out the Academic Success Center for the Textbook Reading Course and workshop schedule for more help on this subject.