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How do I go about activating chapters in my textbook, where I basically have to know everything in it?

Purposes.

What do you really need to know to meet your purpose.

Please don't tell me that you're going to be tested and have to answer questions on a test about it. What subject are you studying, what are you expected to do with the information that you are studying. What is your purpose for studying.

From there formulate mind probing questions.

The more detailed you want to know a subject, the more activation passes you will invest in it. Avoid wanting or expecting it in one activation pass. It may take 3 but keep in mind your purpose and what you really need to know about it.

Alex

Thanks Alex. I do have purposes besides studying for exams; otherwise I wouldn't be in school.

However, I do not always know what I will use the information for in the long run. I have to say I am still unclear about what I will do after I graduate the University. I am studying Neurobiology and it is challenging. That is one reason why I chose it. It is also very interesting, but I can't really say what it is that fascinates me about it exactly! I am fascinated with the brain, learning and behavior, and human consciousness, but not much of this seems to be in my program now. I am still studying the basics. I can't always find out how to relate what I am fascinated by to stuff like what hormones do what in my endocrinology class, etc.

I guess maybe I should focus more on my main purpose? I just feel like there's so much in the world to know about, and I know so little of it to really decide on my purpose now. I am enjoying my life, and am enjoying my time at the University. It really does feel like it is good in the sense that it is challenging and is causing me to focus on learning strategies and various ways to improve myself.

Any advice from anyone is welcomed.

[This message has been edited by Prosperity (edited May 08, 2004).]

If it's only to satisify your curiosity then you only need to activate the parts of the book that satisfies that curiosity right now. If more comes up later then you can come back to the book. That means you don't need to know everything now.

If it's study for exams you might want to reflect why you are studying. To satisfy your curiosity about a subject you don't need a piece of paper with a passing grade.

If you want that paper, why do you want it?

If you want to focus on the subject... what do you need to know from the text to know that subject. If you don't have any idea about that it's time to go back to your instructors... ask them how the information that you're learning can be applied to the real world that might build a decent sense of purpose for you.

Alex