How to read textbooks/technical books

[KmH]

I read - a lot. I often recommend books here on TPF and link to a variety of online articles.

But I also know lots of people don't know there are things you can do to help you be an efficient and effective reader.

Reading Your Textbooks Effectively and Efficiently

 

[480sparky40 39]

One thing that has helped me with technical books is Charlie's Rule.


It doesn’t say what you think it says, nor what you remember it to have said, nor what you were told that it says, and certainly not what you want it to say. And if by chance you are its author, it doesn’t say what you intended it to say. Then what does it say? It says what it says. So if you want to know what it says, stop trying to remember what it says, and don’t ask anyone else. Go back and read it, and pay attention as though you were reading it for the first time.

And yes, I have permission to use this.

 

[terri35 6]

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