Study Skills for Higher Education: Active Reading Techniques and Habits

STUDY SKILLS FOR
HIGHER EDUCATION

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Skills for study help the student for learning in order to get succeed in the life also it
helps to increase the competence, confidence and self-esteem with the help of all these positive
factors it reduces the anxiety about deadlines and test (Ahmed Okasha, 2020). There are different
types of skills an individual has but at some point of time it needs to develop other skills as well.
The main type of reading techniques are such as scanning, intensive, skimming and extensive.
Skimming reading technique is help to grasp the main idea of the topic by focusing on readings
the last paragraph and then checking for any dark headings. However, this technique is useful in
order to complete the goal for preview the text for getting the better idea in order to prepare the
deeper learning.
MAIN BODY
There are different reading techniques used by the individual in order to stay focused and
retaining more information but it needs time and efforts to develop the skills. Active reader
always focusses on reading and create their own ideas of learnings the topic (Reading
techniques, 2021). Here are some active reading techniques which are shown in the given article
such as to identify new words, this is most important habit because being a reader everyone did
the same mistake such ass skip the hard word and read accordingly but at the same time this bad
habit can affect the learning pattern and it will not develop the idea of learning news words
(Ardhian, Ummah and Rachmadtullah, 2020). Always taking the new words as the challenge and
search about it with the help of google, glossary, dictionary etc. Then found the real meaning of
word and link with the sentence this habit will improve the learning pattern and help to build
good learning practices. To read with the pencil is also important habit fort the student because
whenever student find the typical word or sentences they can underline it and then ask teacher or
googles so that they can get proper meanings of the sentence or word (Types of reading skills,
2021). Also, it helps to write the meaning of typical word above it so that for the next time the
word will highlight through the paragraph. Also, student can use highlighters for highlighting the
words that they will search later, or they found it typical. Draw and sketch is also a good habit
that help for the visuals learning orders to create their own thought and remembered the
information. Student cans uses Vann diagrams, map, chart sketch etc. for remembering the
information (Lu, Yan and Gu, 2018). This is most important habit which help the all the whether
they read about management or nursing this technique will help to make the difference between