Leaving the bookstore at the beginning of the semester you’re probably wondering how the heck you’re going to get through all of that reading. Today we’re explaining how much of that reading you really need to do and the best strategies for making your way through it.

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Resources:
Cal Newport - How to Become a Straight-A Student - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000MAHBYQ/
The Science of How Fast Humans Can Read - https://collegeinfogeek.com/speed-reading-science/
An Examination of Speed Reading Techniques - https://collegeinfogeek.com/speed-reading-techniques-examined/
Elizabeth Schotter’s research summary on speed reading - http://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/rbtfl/0GSjhNaccRKTY/full
The Art of Pseudo-Skimming - http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/25/monday-master-class-the-art-of-pseudo-skimming/
The Morse-Code Method - http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/18/monday-master-class-rapid-note-taking-with-the-morse-code-method/
SQ3R - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQ3R


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