How to read an entire chapter of a 300 page text book in 40 minutes

# 1. Open the textbook. <br># 2. Turn to the chapter you want to read <br># 3. Read the chapter title <br># 4. Scroll down to the short 6-10 word title for each section, and try to memorize them. <br># 5. Now read the 4-5 sentence summary of the entire chapter at the end. <br># 6. Close the book <br><br>Congratulations, you've finished reading the chapter. The 5,000-7,500 words that were in the chapter are not necessary. You won't need to know any specific details, only the overall structure of the chapter, which you've memorized. <br><br>Now sit for your test. <br><br>This actually works surprisingly well. I worked as a tutor for most of my college years for various subjects. I didn't need to read the chapters of the text book myself before tutoring because I could simply read the chapter headings and read the summary at the end of the chapter to fully understand the chapter, and deliver it to my students. <br><br>Part of the reason this works is because it makes you think critically. Knowing the 6 word section headings, you can deduce what the flow of the chapter is. Knowing the summary at the end, you know what the take away message is. <br><br>This works surprisingly well for many subjects, but I don't know if it will work for every subject. For example, while working as a tutor, I noticed that my boss actually knew the entire text book from memory, having read it multiple times. He was a physics tutor. I couldn't do that. But for most other subjects, this method is sufficient. <br><br>Try this method for a month or a semester, and then tell me of your results. <br><br>This method only works for written and online text books, and not audio books. <br>It is not recommended to read in this way for books that you are supposed to read for fun, only for school. <br><br>Happy studying!