1. Muscle Reading
Kathleen High

2. How Muscle Reading Works:
Active, energy-consuming process
Involves all three learning styles
To increase comprehension and recall

3. Three-Step Process Before you read While you read After you read
(Pry Out Questions)
While you read
(Focus and Flag Answers)
After you read
(Recite, Review and Review again)

4. Before You Read: (Pry Out Questions)
Step 1: Preview
Step 2: Outline
Step 3: Question
Preview –
Survey entire book
Keep it short
Look for familiar concepts
Summaries
Chapter headlines/section titles & paragraph headlines
Look for recommended readings
Determine strategy – skimming or all 9 steps
Step 2: Outline
Complex – take time to understand
Section Titles & paragraphs serve as outline guides
Use outline format for you
Step 3: Question
Before begin – what you want?
Write down questions
If irrelevant, ask what you want from school (jumping through hoops)
Playful/creative questions
Lots of time for some subjects

5. While You Read: (Root Up Answers)
Step 4: Focus (Read)
Step 5: Flag Answers
Read:
Be conscious of where you are
Avoid marathon sessions
For difficult reading, set shorter goals
To stay focused: (incorporate 3 learning styles)
1) visualize
2) Read out loud
3) Get a feel for the subject
Underline: - Or Highlight
` Deface your books
Purpose – create signals for reviewing
also, involving hands is kinesthetic
Underline or highlight sparingly – main ideas (usually first sentence)
Write in the margins of your text – summaries & questions.
Answer:
Get answers to questions
Visualize yourself in search of an answer

6. After You Read: (Recite, Review, and Review again)
Step 6: Recite
Step 7: Review
Step 8: Review Again
Recite:
Talk to yourself about what you have learned
Look at each underlined point
Do it in front of the mirror
Practice on a friend
Talk about it whenever you can (share with family is a way to involve them in your education)
Review:
First complete review within 24 hours
May not be able to recall it, but you will relearn it faster second time around
Review can be short
Check comprehension at any point
Review again:
Review weekly or monthly – very short (keeps neural pathways more distinct)
Conduct brief reviews while waiting – bus, in line at stores, etc.
May need long reviews for complex information
Schedule well in advance
Primacy – recency effects (remember first & last)

7. Now, Apply These Principles
In your four temperament groups –
You will present one of the following chapters
Ch 8: Communicating
Ch 9: Diversity
Ch 10: Technology
Ch 11: Health
Ch 12: What’s Next? (Optional – if enough people)