TART Reading Strategy !

Hey everyone! I am back for another week and with another amazing strategy to help you out on your readings! Every single week for my IST 195 class we have to read a chapter in Discovering Computers. Our lectures are not based only on the book, nor are our exams, however we have to take an online quiz every single week solely based on the chapter we read for that week. This has been starting to gethard for me as the chapters have gotten more complex, which is why this lesson could not have come at a better time. In the beginning of each chapter there is a glossary of definitions and at the end there is a practice test. These both helped me use these strategies to the best of my ability. The strategy I used for this class was TART. Each letter in TART stands for a different word, Terms Attend Read Test. Before class, I read the key terms for the chapter and made abbreviations for them accordingly. The next day, I attended lecture and listened for the key technical terms. After class, I read the entire chapter to make more sense of it. After I finished reading I created test questions that I thought my professor would use on the test, using my notes and the chapter. Lastly, I answered these questions and now I have them to help me prepare for my exam. I also used this same technique for my WRT105 course and took the same steps. This strategy helped me with both of these classes, I did not need to make any adaptations because TART was perfect for both of these courses.

LAME explanation

I am a visual learner so this strategy helped me a lot. It made me write down the key terms and abbreviate them so they were right there in front of me during the lectures. It also helped me because I always create test questions to study from and doing this helped me read and create test questions at the same time. All I needed for both of these courses was my laptop and the required books. This strategy worked out amazing for me in WRT105 and IST195 and I would recommend it to anyone in either of those classes or any other class that has readings. If you have any questions post a comment! Talk to you all next week!