As soon as you buy your textbook for a class, give yourself a head start before going
to class. Read the Table of Contents, prefaces, introduction, and any other up-front
material in the book. Leaf through the book and see what it contains. Read the
captions, read chapter titles, and go to the back of the book to see if there is a
glossary, an index, answers to quizzes given throughout the text, etc. Get familiar
with your book. Treat it like a tool you want to use with proficiency.
When you are ready to begin reading a chapter, don’t just plunge into your reading.
Here is a sure-fire way to get the most out of your reading