Course overview
Selecting Main Ideas
Example assessment percentile: 30
Selecting main ideas refers to identifying the important pieces of information to learn in your courses. This involves figuring out the main points of your readings, lectures, and course assignments as well as distinguishing between main points and supporting details.
In this sample assessment, a percentile of 30 suggests difficulty understanding the main ideas that you need to learn in your courses. By completing the Lessons that follow, you can learn to improve your ability to select main ideas.
It is important that you work through each Lesson in order. The sequence of the material within this Lesson is not random – earlier explanations and exercises build a foundation for later sections.
To begin learning how to improve the ways you select main ideas, choose Next below.