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Helpyoudealwiththequantityofreadings
Helpyougetqualityfromyourreadings
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Helpyoumatchyourreadingstrategytoyour
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Helpyougetaccuraterelevantnotes

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Firstsomebackground
Yourreadingisaffectedby
Thecontent
Yourstate
Yourstrategy
Contentisaffectedby:

States

Yourpriorknowledgeofthetopics
Thevocabularyused
Thesentencestructure length,
complexity
Theauthorswritingstyle
Thesupportsbuiltintothetext

Motivation,Interest
Fatigue, Dislikeofreading
Cantryandmodifytheseby
manipulatingwhenandwhere
youread;readingselectively

Exercise1 Reading1
Lookatthe3differentparagraphsanddecide
1.Whatsortoftextarethese?
2.Whatmakesthemdifficult?
3.Whatcouldyoudotoreducethedifficulty?
Explanatoryresearchlearnabbreviationsask
makeaglossarymethodologicalinterpretive
deconstructtopicsentenceuseglossary
Underline/numberpointsrelatingtoeachconcept
ReadsentencescloselyLookatconnectionwords
{when(time),if(conditional),as(reasons),but(contrast)}

Dealingwithsetreadings
Readingstrategically
Readwithapencil
Knowyourpurpose
Match purpose to style
Matchpurposetostyle
Makeaglossaryofnewtermsor
vocabulary
Readinhourburstsratherthan
longperiods

StartbySkimming
eachofthe
readings
Howaretheythesame/different?
Doesonegiveanoverview?
Areanyoncontrastingtheories/modelsofpractice?
Areanyspecificinnature researchexamplesorcasestudies?

Chooseoneasastartingpoint

Setreadings 5S strategy1

Exercise2 Skimming

Skim

whatisitsstructure;mainpoints;their
sequence;doesitlookdifficult?
Select thepartsyouneedtoread(i.e.doyou
alreadyhavenotesonsomeofthis?)
Slurp
read slowly marking relevant
readslowly,markingrelevant
sections/points
Select
whatpartsareyougoingtosummarise
Summarise makenotesasconceptcards;
comparativetheory/authorview
point;definitionsandexamples

Reading2isoneofasetonageingchosenbythelecturerand
uploadedintoStream
Howmanysections?
Doesitdealwithissuestodowithageing?
Isautonomydiscussedindepth?
Whatsortofperspective(s)doesithave physical,
psychological,sociological,Marxist,political
Howeasy/harddoesitlook?
Whattextsupportsdoesithave(diagrams,photos,margin
notesetc.

1.AdaptedfromGawith,G.(1988).Actionlearning.

Slurp=Readclosely
RAP asyoureadtogetindepthmeaning
Read
Askyourselfquestions
Putanswersinyourownwords

ReadingforResearch Adjustthe5S
Foreacharticleyoufind,youneedtoknowits
usefulnesstostart
Scancontentslists,abstracts,hits,
readingsforyourtargetterms
d
f
Before

Makemarginnotes

Selecting
Slurping
Selecting
Summarising

Underline,highlight,ornumberimportantpointsanddetails
Decideifyouneedtoturntheseintoasummary

Exercise3 Scanning
Pretendyouareresearchingatopiconretirement
villagesandfindReading2

Areretirementvillagesmentionedinthis
article?
Isthediscussiononautonomyrelevantto
yourtopic?
Whichsection(s)mightyouread(Slurp)first?

Summarise Makingnotes

Skim
Scan
Select
Slurp
Select
Summarise

Makethem
easytoreread;
underline
headings;
indent
examples

Mindmapsto
summariseatopic
withseveral
subtopics

Notes
Mainideasand
Main
ideas and
supporting
details

Learning
Objectives
Makesurenotes
focusonLOs

Mind maps
Mindmaps

Charts
Chartsespeciallyto
compareand
contrastseveral
theories/
animals/models

TheurapeuticManagement
&Complications
PainManagement
1. Paracetamol
2. OralMorphine
MESLON
SEVREDOL
3. Codine
Infection
1. Antibiotics
1

Mind
maps

ClinicalFeatures
ClinicalManifestations
(symptoms)
Redness
Oedema
Tenderness
Actualvisableulcer
Brokenskinarea
(ROTAB)

OutlineSummary
GlobalVarietiesofEng.Lang.Kachru &Nelson(2001pp.1415)
172.237
AGlobal
Perspectiveon
English
Topic3
Assignment1

Topic

1stmainpoint
Bulleted
points

Allpublicfunctions>Eng.
gov;media,creativepursuits;edu.

underlining

ULCERS

Bedboundforlongperiods
Notturningpatients
Diabetes
Vascularissues

Whitespace
p
OuterCircle

Causes
NursingConsiderations
Assessment

Action

InnerCircle
USA,UK,Canada,NZ,Aus last3
controversialp.10

Indented
white
space

2ndmainpoint

India,Pakistan,Nigeria,Singapore,SouthAfrica,
Zambia+others
SeetableKachru&Nelson(2001,p.11)formore
egsofouterandinnercountries
Longhistoryasinstitutionalizedlang.&has
culturalroletoo
gov/edu.
Literarycreativity/popcul.

Conceptcards

Charts
Especiallygoodforplanningcompareandcontrastquestions
3basicissues

Piaget

Vygotsky

Continuousor
discontinuous
d
development?
l

Discontinuous
stagesof
d
development
l

Continuous
graduallyacquire
skills
k ll

Onecourseof
developmentor
many?

One stagesare
universal

Manypossible
courses

Natureornurture
mostimportant?

Bothnatureand
nurture

Bothnatureand
nurture

Source:Berk,L..(2002)Infants,childrenandadolescents

Criticalreading

CriticalReading

Involvesanevaluationoftheworthofareading
Accuracy
Authority
Novelty
Logicandcoherence
Differencesfromorrelationshipwithother
writingsonthesametopic
http://owll.massey.ac.nz/studyskills/criticalreading.php