College students - how long does it take you to read and absorb a chapter?

How long does it take you to read a chapter from the book of your class and completely absorb it so you're ready for a quiz? Man this stuff is really time consuming, I feel like I need to re-read it after I'm finished, it takes me way too long. Now I see why all these students are taking drugs like aderall to keep them awake and alert.

It depends on the subject and class. A lot of the time I don't even look and the book and just study my notes and power points. I don't think I've ever outright read a chapter in any book outside of organic chem. If I do read a book I usually just go over bolded words and read all of the stuff on the charts and the pictures.

How long does it take you to read a chapter from the book of your class and completely absorb it so you're ready for a quiz? Man this stuff is really time consuming, I feel like I need to re-read it after I'm finished, it takes me way too long. Now I see why all these students are taking drugs like aderall to keep them awake and alert.

Poz_McAids

Depends on the length

Anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour+. It depends on the type of book (a text book, or a novel) and how long the chapter is and how easy it is to understand.

I am required to read chapters for my Thermo and Statics classes, because we have reading quizzes before they lecture on any of the material. I also read my diff-eq before I go, but sections are really short (a few pages for the whole lecture).

Depends on how long it is. Plus whats its on

Unless the class itself demands you to memorize some specific information, for most classes you really don't need to hit the book that hard. I'll just look through the book and see whatinformation were notcover during lectures as some professors are sneaky like that and like to include stuff from books that were never discussed in class. During my time in college most of the professors were nice enough to let us know what information will be on the test

If you're having to take psychostimulants just to make it through undergrad, college might not be for you. Undergrad isn't even that hard. I was a biology major, and played video games and slept most of the time.

It's grad school that's challenging.

Most things I have come across in law are pretty easy to absorb, only annoying thing is memorising cases. Economics and Information systems pretty much are 'learn by doing' subjects (maths and programming/systems design) so just reading something isn't always that helpful.

It depends on how long it is and the subject matter. If it's something like history then I can absorb that easily.

Usually takes me about an hour and a half to read a 40-60 page chapter in a textbook, probably 3-5 hours to learn it thoroughly. They aren't joking when they tell you that you'll spend as much time learning at home as you will in class.

Depends on Length, Subject, and Difficulty.

Depends on the subject matter being covered, and the quantity of which contained in the chapter. For things like math, almost no time. (usually covered more than adequately in class anyways) Subjects that require factual memorization, more time is typically required. Most of my books just serve as equation tables though...

i dont read straight through. i'll read about the subjects the proffesor talked about in the lecture. most teachers don't teach word for word from the book, so theres no need to read everything unless your a masochist.

I can blow through a 250 page scholarly text on a topic of interest in about 6 hours.

History, around 1-3 hours depending on the amount of information. other classes I often just read my notes.

Depends on the material and my interest.

For me, usually 4-6 hours to go through it once. If it's non science, maybe 3.

I don't read the chapters. I go to cIass, pay attention, write notes, and I do fine on tests without ever having to crack open the book.Theokhoth

Someone give this man a shiny medal and a mirror pronto. ^

On topic: Depends on the material. Some things are easy readin', and I can just skim it and it'll stick, other times I'm finding myself reading the same page over and over again, turning the questions in my mind.

I just read it once and I'm done. I remember everything.