At some point in your educational career, you have likely been taught that highlighting is the key to active reading. However, highlighting is a commonly over-used and abused strategy: while it often makes you feel like you are reading actively, in reality, you are only slightly more engaged when you read with a highlighting tool.
Coordinator the Undergraduate Peer Mentor Program, member Emily Bruey shares her strategies for reading in part 2 of a three-part series on Reading Skills
Reading Skills Part 2: Alternatives to Highlighting (Blog)
Other Posts in this Series
Reading Skills Part 1: Setting Yourself Up for Success
Reading Skills Part 3: Read to Remember
For more help with Reading Skills visit,
- Academic Skills Center's Skills and Success Strategies pages.
- Academic Skills Center's Savvy Student Blog Reading category