Reading skimming

Timing is everything, kid. You have about 72 seconds for each of the 75 questions. Keep an eye on your watch as you pass the halfway point. If you are running out of time and you have a few questions left, skim them for the easy (and quick) ones so that the rest of your scarce time can be devoted to those that need a little extra reading or thought. 

Skim through a magazine, reading oniy the introductions to the articies. What techniques do writers use to grab your interest Do the introductions provide context and state the main point of the articie What tone do they set for the rest of the essay ... 

Skim through a magazine, but this time, read the introductions and conciusion to at ieast three articies. What techniques do writers use to conciude their articies Do the conciusions restate the main idea or thesis offered in the introduction Do they go a step further and offer a new understanding Do they provide a sense of ciosure Do they speak to your emotions What techniques do the writers use to conciude their articies ... 

When you find an article of potential relevance, read the title, abstract, and keywords. If this information appears relevant, skim the rest of the article (including tables and figures). Take notes on (1) what the study was about, (2) what methods were used, and (3) what conclusions were drawn. 

This cursory glance is often enough to decide if the article is sufficiently relevant to merit a closer look. If the content appears promising, they next target a specific section of the article. For example, a chemist interested in planning a synthesis will read the Methods section a reader wanting to learn more about potential uses of a novel compound will read the Introduction and Discussion sections. Less relevant sections of the article are skimmed or skipped entirely. Only a few articles, those most pertinent to the reader s interests, will be read in their entirety (and then usually many times). 

Decide on a strategy that you will use to review your work holistically. The goal is to read your work slowly and deliberately. Many authors read their work aloud, so as not to skip any parts of their written work. If you decide to read your work silently, avoid skimming or you will miss areas that reguire attention. 

We wiU close this chapter by summarizing the principles of designing nonisothermal reactors so if you want to skim the more mathematical sections, you should stiU read the last section carefully. 

At Minnesota we cover these topics in approximately 30 lectures and 20 recitations. This requires two to four lectures per chapter to complete all chapters. Obviously some of the material must be omitted or skimmed to meet this schedule. We assume that most instructors will not cover all the industrial or historical examples but leave them for students to read. 

Experiment with skimming, scanning, and reading in the following explo-... 

In general, it is best to approach a reading task with a skim followed by a scan and, if the information is sufficiently important, one or more readings. 

Street Journal and skim articles by reading only the headlines, both the article... 

Countless new publications on process safety have been written since OSHA first published its Process Safety Management Law in 1992. Independent, individual authors and various organizations, such as the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Center for Chemical Process Safety, helped write these books. Very few individuals would have the time to read each new text. The books listed below were skimmed through, read, or studied and found useful, but they may not be the best books on the market. 

If you are starting to use a vacuum system for the first time, Simply skim this entire chapter. Afterward, study your vacuum system and see what components you recognize from what you ve read. Finally, re-read the sections of this chapter that are pertinent to your system. This method of study may seem like a lot of work before you turn on a switch or twist a stopcock, but the vacuum system you save may be your own. 

Day 1-2 Read Chapters 1 and 2 of this book. Also, skim over the written materials from any courses or training programs you may have taken, particularly noting 1) the areas you expect to be emphasized on the exam and 2) the areas you don t remember well. On Day 4, concentrate on those areas. 

Feynman, R. P., Leighton, R. B. and Sands, M. L. (1963). Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vols. I, II, III, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA. Especially Vol. Ill on quantum mechanics. Feynman s unique masterly presentation of the fundamentals of physics. Great reading whenever you are so inclined. Limited overlap with our subject matter but worth skimming for Feynman s quotable pearls of wisdom on physics. 

Tables if a test question involves a table, skim the table before reading the question. Read the title, column heads, and row heads. Then read the question and interpret the information in the table.

In this book we hope to have dealt with many of these immense opportunities which these new developments have created. We have examined the current technical literature in detail and it is clear that there is almost unlimited future potential to save time, money, and energy while developing new products with unparalleled perfoimance. It would be nice to think that this book would be read cover to cover but we know that most people will skim through it to find the sections that apply to their work or area of interest. We have attempted to structure the book to make it useful both as a textbook and as a series of monographs. It has been categorized in a way that should match the interests of those with specific needs. Where technologies are shared by more than one application we have duplicated the same information in different formats in two or more sections. 

The examples are made with the Chemical Engineering addition to FEMLAB, version 3.1. Appendix F describes the finite element method in one dimension and two dimensions so you have some concept of the approximation going from a single differential equation to a set of algebraic equations. This appendix presents an overview of many of the choices provided by FEMLAB. Illustrations of how FEMLAB is used to solve problems are given in Chapters 9-11. Thus, you may wish to skim this appendix on a first reading, and then come back to it as you use the program to solve the examples. A more comprehensive account of FEMLAB is available in Zimmerman (2004). 

Quickly skim the chapter, writing down the titles of the section heads. As you read, locate the main idea of each section and write it, in your own words, beneath each title. 

I Skim the passage for the general idea read the questions then read the passage completely. 2. Read the questions first to be prepared to look out for certain details then read the passage thoroughly once or twice. 

Reading Rate The speed at which a selection is read and the manner in which it is read, depending on the purpose skimming, scanning, studying, or reading for pleasure. 

Weigh out an appropriate weight of the weU-homogenised sample into a 150 mL beaker and add 10.0 mL of ISE solution. Heat for 1/2 hour on a steam bath. Add 100 mL of water and cool to 5 C. Skim or filter and warm to room temperatvire. Place the electrodes in the solution, wait to stabihse (usually 1 minute) and read the mV value. Use the cahbration chart to determine the Cl level and to calculate the chloride in the sample. Clean the electrode with a soft cloth or absorbent paper. The ISA solution also precipitates the interfering proteins (albuminoids). Manufacturers of some pH/potentiometers supply detachable scales which allow cahbration and analysis to be reported in % NaCl. 

These are for the direct determination of fat in various products. They are all modifications of the Babcock method for fat in milk. They are designed so that if a measured volume of sample is placed in the tube and then centrifuged, the percent fat can be read directly on the stem. These are from left to right, skim milk, (0.5% in 0.01 increments), milk (8 % in 0.1 increments), ice cream (20% in 0.2 increments), cream (30 or 50% in 0.5 increments), and cheese (20% in 0.2 or 50% in 0.5 increments). Unsaturated hydrocarbons in gasoline can be handled in a similar manner, as can essential oils in extracts. 

When I consider reviewing a manuscript, first I try to decide by skimming through it whether I have a sufficient familiarity with the subject to do a review. Then I read the paper carefully. 

Chapter 1 describes the history of steroids with particular attention to the research aimed defining the chemical stmcture of what were at the time fairly complex molecules. The reader may find it convenient to skim over this section at first reading and to then return after acquiring more familiarity with steroid chemistry. 

Figure 3. Relative curd strength (Brookfield viscometer readings) of gels prepared from 3% solutions of either fish protein concentrate extracted at high pH, succinylated FPC at various pH values, or raw skim milk. (A) Succinylated protein plus corn oil. (B) Succinylated protein. (C) Succinylated protein plus Ca2+. (D) High pH FPC extract plus corn oil. (E) High pH FPC extract. (F) Raw skim milk curd prepared with rennet. (75)...

Consequently, in this field as in others, job hunters reading help wanted advertisements are well advised to skim the position titles and peruse the job descriptions. 

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