Thomas Conner
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How to read. No, really.

1/3/2016

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We'll talk early on about some strategies for reading effectively — and taking notes about what you read (very important to do!).

For now, peruse these excellent guides for perfecting your university-level reading process:
— "
Advice for Students: How to Read Like a Scholar"
— "How to Read in College"
— "Critical Reading in the Social Sciences"


Participation! Use the comments here to post helpful examples and tips from your reading process, things you've learned by experience thus far. Feel free to include screenshots of annotated pages, notes, etc.

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Kaithleen Apostol
1/18/2016 12:14:38 pm

ANNOTATE. ANNOTATE. ANNOTATE.
But don't just highlight. Write all over the margins. Fill them with questions, thoughts, connections, etc. I also like writing a quick summary after reading to point out the essential parts.

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Xinyi Zhan
2/18/2016 05:09:02 pm

That's why I don't like e-books because I can't annotate as conveniently as I can on books. Sometimes there are so many readings that I can't finish them all, so grasp the basic argument of articles are quite significant.

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