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I need help PR math books or any procedure that would help me retain knowledge of the subject. I am a beginning PReader but I am familiar with all the techniques. With other subjects it is not as difficult to PR the info but with math books there are so many complicated formulas to understand. I want to learn more on how to mind map because I feel that math is best learned(as well as everything else)by seeing the entire picture visually. I have tried to PR my math books before but they are difficult to activate. Some of the subjects are Discrete math, Combinatorical math, Linear Algebra to name a few. I hope you all can help me, I feel that I am so close.

For activation, the traditional method of activation is usually not suffecient. I usually take a look at one chapter at a time, treating it as a book within itself. Do some previewing, photoreading, post viewing, and mind mapping on the chapter, and then try out the techniques on paper. Once you feel you have them down, practice, practice, practice! Make problems for yourself, or do it out of the book. Also be sure to allow a decent chunk of activation time for nearly all math related material. Some is quite simple. Also try photoreading the chapters before and after, and only activate in that manner one at a time.

Just my 2 cents.
-youngprer

Maths books and books with complex formulars to learn always take longer than regular books to read anyway. They are not books per se. They are pages of exercises for you to practice on and become familar with. The benefit of photoreading them is that the formulars and explainations are placed into the inner mind before you attempt the exercises. You may not notice that you understand them better and find them easier to do. Unless you tried doing them without photoreading and happened to find it takes longer to get the whole concept. Even then you have no real way of comparing the impact of photoreading the maths book until you skip the process.

Pr the entire book and then PR the chapters you need to work on a day or 2 prior to them being covered in class or when lecturer informs you that the topic will be covered and asks you to "read" up on it. Remember to PR the 2 chapters before and 2 chapters after the key chapter. As Youngprer said treat each chapter as a book.

Remember that photoreading can help you reduce the amount of time you actually 'read the exercises'. The 'doing' part always took longest with a maths text book. While the photoreading process can help you 'get the concept' faster and help you to 'do' the exercises a bit faster, the doing part is still is going to take up most of the time.

Additionally use the photoreading step of activation in 20 to 30 minute sessions. Giving yourself a 5 minute break to stretch after 30 minutes of doing math exercises and a longer 15 to 20 minute break after every hour.

Alex