study-nsp: i’ve seen many posts with study tips saying highlighting is ineffective because it

study-nsp: i’ve seen many posts with study tips saying highlighting is ineffective because it lets you become a passive reader, but since i personally find it useful when done correctly i wanted to make a post specifically about highlighting effectively! note that these are all my personal tips and you should always go with what works for you :] the big NO: passive highlighting the “highlight everything that’s important” technique where everything seems to be important don’t do it!!! you’ll end up with pages of yellow text not knowing what u just read this doesn’t help u study at all when should i highlight? reading in advance for a class or sth, you have a really long text + you want to be able to recall important parts easily later – not necessary to colour code you need to extract information from a text to answer different questions or similar – colour code: different colour for each question you’re studying for a text and want to make a study guide - colour code: vocabulary + definitions, dates + people, etc don’t highlight when the information is already very compressed, short + to the point, but you can make annotations if you want colour coding the art of highlighting colour coding your notes colour code and highlight efficiently [+ scientific evidence]  how to colour code colour coding notes 101 colour coding annotations example of a key another example yet another key create your own key to suit you best! use different keys for different subjects tips + advice keep your key somewhere visible, like a post it note, an index card, the highlighters themselves, etc is there something important that u feel like u may not remember or don’t understand? highlight it, make a note on the side don’t highlight titles/subtitles bc they’re usually already made to stand out. same with already bold words, but do highlight the definition/explanation you don’t need to highlight the whole sentence either – figure out what’s important in the important information accompany highlighting with annotating to engage more + make it more effective – why did i highlight this part? do i have any info to add? personal comment/reminder? don’t think just because u highlighted a chunk of text u’ve already studied it/know it – highlighting shouldn’t at all work as a study technique on its own if you have few highlighters but want more colours, mix them! highlighting supplies very cute pastel highlighters!! oh - so - famous - mildliners candy color marker pens [actually highlighters] cheap + good bic highlighters clear view sharpies!! stabilo boss wallet of 8 highlighters soft colours + window!!! muji twin tip highlighter + masterposts studyblr-ing 101 apps for ur life how to mind map studying better diy notebooks i hope i was any help at all and that u never fall in the grips of passive highlighting!! happy studying! - sofi xx -- source link

More pics about