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• Conceptual learning is mainly a process of developing an understanding of the subject and can often be done through listening or reading. This is primarily intellectual. In developing a skill, there is also an understanding, but this understanding must be coupled with the practice of what you are learning.
• You must master each aspect of the skill before going on to the next.
• Mornings are usually best because things have a way of getting put off in the evenings.
• One word of caution: Do not read through the book planning to come back and do the exercises later because many of the exercises will lose their effect if you know what to expect in advance. Master each concept and drill before moving on to the next one. If you do this you most assuredly will improve your reading skills.
• the efficient reader varies his or her rate according to the difficulty of the material, the organization of the reading matter, their familiarity with the subject, and their purpose in reading it. So instead of reading everything the same way, starting at the beginning and going word-by-word straight through to the end, you will learn many differe...