#123 Different Reading Strategies

There are a variety of different exams and situations that require an individual to prove his or her knowledge and each individual will most likely have to face some of these situations at some point. As a result, there is a wide range of different subjects that an individual may have to study in order to prepare for a particular exam or situation. However, just as there is a wide range of material that an individual may have to learn in order to prove his or her knowledge, there is also an assortment of different ways that each particular piece of material can be presented. In other words, the information that an individual needs to learn for a particular exam may not always be found in a textbook and, even if that information is found in a textbook, it may not always be presented in the same format from textbook to textbook. It is not only possible, but in fact likely, that an individual will have to use information from more than one type of resource, so it is important for an individual to be able to effectively use all of the resources that he or she has available.
Written materials that an individual may have to use at some point include almanacs, dictionaries, educational handouts, encyclopedias, flashcards, novels, practice exams, short stories, study guides, textbooks, thesauruses, and a variety of other similar written resources. Each of these resources can be an essential study tool, but each resource is set up differently, so an individual may need to switch the way that he or she reads the material, depending on the specific type of resource that the individual is using. In other words, an individual that is attempting to study using a novel will usually need to use a very different reading strategy than the individual would normally use if he or she were studying from a textbook.
There are a variety of different strategies that an individual can use to read a particular piece of material, but it is important for an individual to find the best strategy for the type of resource the individual is using. It is also important to note that a reading strategy is not actually the same thing as a reading style. A change in reading style primarily refers to a change in the speed at which an individual reads while a change in reading strategy refers to a change in the way that an individual studies the material.