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The Writing & Communications Center: Student Online Resources--Critical Reading and Interpretation

The Writing & Communications Center offers free tutoring in writing, reading, and public speaking for LCCC students.

Reading Strategies

How to Read with a Purpose
Questions you can ask yourself about focusing on a purpose for your reading. Additional active reading strategies provided in audio lecture and PowerPoint slides.

Speed Reading: Learning to Read (Certain Things) More Efficiently
(from Mind Tools) Offers strategies for where and how you can "speed up" or skim while reading a text. Includes a tutorial video.
Review Strategies: Committing Learning to Long-Term Memory
(from Mind Tools) Strategies for effective review of homework/readings, notes from class, and other texts.

Note-Taking (Active Reading)

Active Reading Strategies
(from Princeton University's McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning)

The Cornell System of Note-Taking
One method for taking notes.
Mind Maps: A Powerful Approach to Note-Taking
(from Mind Tools) One visually centered way to take notes while active reading. Page also includes a video tutorial about mind mapping.