Reading is Fundamental Different subjects require an awareness
of different types of content. The way you read a math textbook
is not the same way you would read a psychology textbook. Hard
Sciences and Math: Demands a strong, factual base with logical,
planned, sequential development of facts and function... in
other words... are you a math person? Social Sciences and
Humanities: - Math: must understand theory behind numbers.
Functions build on functions. Always keep paper and pencil handy
and always work examples. - Hard Sciences: Logical perspective,
material presented in order. This type of reading has high
factual content and literal comprehension is very important.
Tend to follow chronological and/or thematic development of
ideas. They must be read sequentially, integrating and
interpreting ideas as you go along. - Social Science: Concepts
and generalizations are important very early. - Humanities:
Contains ideas and speculations about how things are or should
be. Check out the links provided in the tab