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Originally Posted by KevinBurke
When reading non-fiction any reading above the elementary level such as analytical or syntopical is going to involve writing. For instance when performing analytical reading the writing part typically involves the following (note in the latter part these points are terse could be expanded to make more 'sense' but I don't feel like it is necessary) :
"What is the best way to get the most out of a book? In his essay "How to Mark a Book," American philosopher Mortimer J. Adler extolls the virtues of not only reading, but writing "between the lines." The man who wrote the primer on liberal education, "How to Read a Book," suggests that annotating books as you read makes for "the most efficient kind of reading." Adler distinguishes between three kinds of readers: those who own books and do not read them; those who own books and read them occasionally and those who own books, read them and mark them up.
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I do a lot of analytical reading, and the process described is kind of what I used, in reverse, during my studies. When I started, I annotated, put stuff in the sidelines etc. -- by the time I finished my studies I had even stopped underlining. I still read a lot for work, and most these days in on electronic devices without note taking, highlighting etc.
I guess experience helps a lot in getting the essentials out of a text and remembering them, or at least the location in the text
