Combine text features -- headings, table of contents, index, diagrams -- to research a topic and take brief notes.
Real researchers do not read a whole book cover to cover to answer one question -- they use text features to zoom straight to the right information. This week you will use everything you have learned: headings to scan sections, the table of contents or index to jump to the right page, and diagrams to pull out extra facts.
When you find useful information, write it as a short note in your own words, not a full copied sentence. A few strong notes beat one giant paragraph.
Mastery looks like: They use table of contents, index, and headings together to locate information efficiently and record it as a short note in their own words.
Common stumbles: Reading the whole book start to finish instead of jumping to the right section; copying full sentences instead of writing short notes.
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