The slides below are an overview of different strategies for reaching technical material:

EGR112, Reading technical material

The document below contains paragraphs that can be utilized to practice the techniques in the presentation above:

Practice reading technical paragraphs

There are numerous videos on YouTube on reading technical papers, technical research, etc.  However, WFU has a subscription to LinkedIn Learning.  The course "Learning Speed Reading" has a video on "Tips for reading textbooks and technical material."