Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
How do you read - a novel? - a newspaper? - assessment feedback on a miniproject? - the blurb on a DVD ? - an email from a friend? - other
Critical reading
scan graphical information: tables, figures read topic sentences & concluding sentences of paragraphs glide over each paragraph to pick up key words
What did you learn? What is the overall structure of this article?
IMRaD
Many scientific & engineering reports are based on an IMRaD structure: Introduction Method Results And Discussion In some reports there is also a conclusion.
Can you trace an IMRaD structure in this article? If the terms are different, what are they?
Other Strategies
What other strategies & information did you use to help you work out the main idea of the article?
SQ3R
Weve been using the 1st stage of SQ3R The 5 stages are: SURVEY QUESTION READ RECALL REVIEW
Reading Research Reports : Questioning Why formulate questions? Reading to answer specific questions allows you to read more purposefully & time-efficiently give you points to look out for allows you to glide over unimportant sections means that youre reading criticallyinteracting with the content and evaluating, thereby reading at postgrad level
Spend 10 minutes reading the article with the purpose of finding answers to your questions