• DocumentCode
    1155988
  • Title

    How to improve technical reading skills

  • Author

    Lindquist, Dawn Wagner

  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    14
  • Lastpage
    15
  • Abstract
    This paper describes how to improve the technical reading skills. In order to become a better technical reader first consider how you do your reading now. Identify the conditions that would help you to focus on the task without distraction. As much as possible you choose a time of day or night when you are alert. Once you identified all these physical conditions should be chosen to optimize your concentration. University like Texas A&M refers to inspectional reading as class 2 reading, which involves concentration on a paper´s structure and main points. Some authors like Simonson and Gouveau illustrated sound reading in the context of passage on probability. Linear reading is conquered with conscious reading as well as by considering cross-references to vocabulary, notation and earlier points. However, thirty minutes is the quite reasonable time to digest up to three lines of mathematical or technical article. After reading the articles fix your way of learning like, outlining, creating a short summary sheet. Thus at last you can see effective, efficient reading not only empowers the reader, it also mobilizes the inner writer to better clarity of expression.
  • Keywords
    electrical engineering education; literature; professional aspects; psychology; conscious reading; linear reading; notation; technical reading skills; vocabulary; Acoustic noise; Books; Data mining; Educational institutions; Geometry; Libraries; Mathematics; Protocols; Time factors; Vocabulary;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Potentials, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0278-6648
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MP.2005.1502499
  • Filename
    1502499