Reading Comprehension: How do you integrate the information from reading an academic textbook?

Answer 1

Take notes. Read a paragraph (or a few). Then mentally summarize what you read- if you can’t summarize, you didn’t understand, read it again.

HAND WRITE your summary so you retain it. You can type it into a neat notes sheet later if you prefer.

make connections to prior knowledge, write them in too so it integrates.

It takes a long time but is worth the investment. I consistently get high 80s-90s in medical school and only have go through each reading once and each summary 2ish times to fully get it. Rather than study it 15 times. Engaging with it once is more learning than passively reading it 10 times.