Some beginners in the tertiary institution faced with
numerous tasks, may often approach reading with
divergent attitudes ranging from enthusiasm, zeal,
anxiety, surprises, enigma or stereotyped concepts that
associate reading to professionalism rather than
integrative learning.
For such fresh undergraduates, reading may mean
developing one’s skill as a prospective Mathematician,
Engineer or Chemist (perhaps focusing only on reading
and solving calculus and practical) with little or nothing
to do with reading volumes of books. Such unorthodox
approach affects the student’s input both in the general
and core courses. Reading, therefore, enhances and
develops ' the whole mind and cognitive ability to
acquire knowledge in every field of human endeavor.
Sir Richard Steele defines reading as a healthy means of
exercising the human mind. He thus identified reading
with the cognitive process in which written (graphical
words) are encoded to inform the human mind, acquire
knowledge and develop the human
Reading is another important skills in studying. Various
modes of information are stored in books. Unlike the
listening skill, where the student listens through in
different contexts, it is only through reading that the
information in books can be accessed.
For studying and learning, the skill of reading is best
developed and practiced for effective result by:
1 choosing the appropriate material for the purpose of
reading;

2. having control of the material you are reading for
study;

3. Reading beyond the literal or factual and inferential
levels.
At this point, reading as a skill should be at conjectural
or projective level. At this level, the reader goes beyond
the graphic words to look for extended meanings to get
the writer’s ideas. Then, he uses these ideas to project
or conjecture new ideas;

4. Faster reading. By applying the technique of faster
reading, one is able to cover the necessary volume
within the shortest possible time;

5. reading widely to access the relevant information for
learning; and

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