This document provides instructions for previewing materials before reading them in depth. It recommends spending 30 seconds to 2 minutes previewing articles and books by skimming titles, headings, pictures and trigger words. The purpose is to get a general idea of the content and determine if the material is useful for one's goals before deciding whether to read further. Specific preview techniques are outlined, including making word maps and lists of questions to focus one's understanding. Mind maps are suggested as a visual way to summarize previews.

1. Welcome!
Genius Mind Reading
Seminar
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2. Preview
• Look over the material
• Appraise the value for your
purpose
• Decide to go or not go
further
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3. The procedure is actually quite simple. First you arrange things into
different groups. Of course one pile may be sufficient depending on
how much there is to do. If you have to go somewhere else due to lack
of facilities that is the next step, otherwise you are pretty well set. It is
important not to overdo things. That is, it is better to do too few things
at once than too many. In the short run this may not seem important,
but complications can easily arise.A mistake can be expensive as well.
At first the whole procedure will seem complicated. Soon, however, it
will become just another facet of life. It is difficult to foresee any end
to the necessity for this task in the immediate future, but then one
never can tell. After the procedure is completed one arranges the
materials into different groups again. Then they can be put into their
appropriate places. Eventually they will be used once more, and the
whole cycle will then have to be repeated. However, this is a
part of life.
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4. Pre View
• Why Preview –
• to learn about the subject before reading.
• Pre View = Viewing in advance = looking
ahead and checking for information.
• Get a general idea of a book before you
actually read it.
• Knowing in advance helps you understand a
little about its content and about its special
features.
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5. Why Preview?
• Refine purpose
• Determine “go or no go” with the material
• Invest little time for huge payoff
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6. How to Pre view
• Survey
• Question
• Pull out trigger words
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7. Pre view ( contd.)
• The Preface
• A brief essay in which an author gives
reasons for writing the book
• Not every book..
• But authors who do give you a personal
message -
• tells you the kind of reader the author is writing for –
• the aims of the book –
• what the author expects you to learn as a result of reading the
book –
• the topics in the book and the best approaches to those topics
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8. Introduction
• Often the first chapter..
• States the basic idea, issue or problem dealt
with..
• Background information
• The history of the topic
• Summarise what others have said about the
subject
• Even explain the research the author did
• Some one else may write it
• Explaining the main ideas worth noting.
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9. Questions ???
• Surveying will lead to many questions..
• They help to warm up the mind.
• Absorb information faster..
• Retain longer
• Arouse curiosity..
• Turn the main headings, subheadings
and key ideas into questions.
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10. The Five Wise Men.
• Who
• What
• Where
• How
• Why
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11. Pre View Long
Articles
• Look at the title
• Look for the subtitles or headings
• Look at lists of goals or objectives
• Look at the pictures, charts or drawings.
• Look at the first sentence of each paragraph.
• Look at the last paragraph
• Look for key words in different print
• Look for a summary.
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12. Trigger words.
( contd)
• For long articles or reports
• Take 30 seconds
• For books, open the book every 20 pages or
so
• Let your eyes skim down the pages and
notice trigger words that catch your attention
• Take 2-3 minutes to pull out a total of 20-25
words or phrases and write them down.
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13. Word Map
• Summarise your pre viewing in the form
of a word map
• Jot down your questions
• Trigger words
• Use pictures, symbols, arrows colours
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14. Step 2: Preview
• Look Over the Material
- 30-60 seconds for articles
- 60-90 seconds for most books
- Look at the title and structure of
articles or at the front and back cover
of a book and the table of
contents
• Appraise the Value for
Your Purpose
• Determine Go or No Go
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15. Mind Mapping
Purpose
(title, author,
copyright)
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16. Why Mind Map?
• Utilize whole brain -
logical and creative
• Create a visual and
natural representation
of associations
• Establish foundations
for long term memory
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