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Based on the word image what is the synonym of "unbiased?"

Impartial

An expressive of a person feeling that cannot be proven is called

Opinion

It refers to reasons offered for or against something.

Argument

What do you call the central point of an argument?

Conclusion

Also known as evidence

Premise

It is the statement accepted or supposed a true without proof

Assumptions

Refers to the data on which a judgment or conclusion is based.

Evidence

In identifying arguments, you are focused on the author’s main line of ______

Evidence

It eliminates the gap between the premise and conclusion.

Assumptions

Subjective evidence is measurable and specific.


False

Combined premise is called argument.

True

What are the 5 Phases of Focused Note Taking


Taking, Processing, Connecting, Summarizing & Reflecting, Applying

Steps in critical reading

1. Developing a habit


2. Prioritize reading


3. Find informative books of good value


4. Have your reading habit plan


5. Do not limit your reading habit

STEP 1: analyze the critical reading components

Identify the components then powder on them one by one.



1. Underline instructional words, discuss, explain, identify & justify


2. Mark apparent keywords & key phrases


3. Be mindful of the organizational pattern used ( compare and contrast) cause & effect)


4. Evaluate the validity and requirement of the question


5. Brainstorm the question


6. Write down all related information


7. List the details that you know


8. Determine knowledge gaps

STEP 2: Practice pre -reading activity


Thinking and reading before throughly reading a text



- plan


- establish purpose.


- scan and skim the text


- highlight main ideas & keywords

Step 3: Highlight and annotate

Highlight key ideas and also write brief annotations regarding the text


- making annotations help readers focus on the significant ideas presented. It also help them remember information.

Step 4: Evaluate the text

is argument clearly asserted and supported by evidence? is the research valid? Sufficient? Appropriate, adequate, objective, valid methodology)


Has argument been developed logically?


Does it presents solution based on evidence?


Are recommendations appropriate to the purpose?


In what ways does the article/report advance our knowledge of a particular issue?


What assumptions underlie the research? Are they reasonable?

Step 5 Mind mapping


step 6: Consolidating knowledge

Summarize the text preparation for writing your assignment.


•Make another mind map drawing on your notes and your rough mind map


•Include the your evaluation


•Be creative, use color and arrows make it easy to visualize.


•Highlight the ideas you may want to use for your assignment


•Identify areas for further research.

Note: ✍️

Equipping yourself with prior knowledge before reading the text can help you identify the biases of the authors, and possibly the unintentional

note ✍️

It is possible that the text is no longer consistent with the author prior works, or statements. so you need to consider some information.

Effective Steps for Note Taking

1. Highlighting and Emphasizing


2. Making written notes


3. Reviewing and revising your notes


4. Organize your notes

Note Taking system ✍️

Cornell method


The outlining method


✓The charting method


✓The mapping method


✓The sentence method

Reading strategies

Go

Is a pre -reading strategy to improve the readers ability to focus. It requires to skim the text to get main deas before reading it in detail.



✓ Better concentration leads to better understanding

PREVIEWING

It literally means studying in context.


In critical reading, one needs to place the text in their historical,biographical and cultural context to be aware of the differences between the contemporary ideas and those written texts.



✓Every era is different, to fully decode the text readers must take not the significance between time and place when and where the article written and time and place when the article is read.

CONTEXTUALIZING

It is an engaging strategy that helps the reader clarify and comprehend what he is reading.



• how does the text work? How is it argued?


what are the choice made? the patterns that results?


what kind of reasoning and evidence are used?


• what are ethe underlying assumptions?


•what does the text mean?

Questioning

It is purposeful activity in which a person analyzed own experience of own skills, practice, and responses to learn more and gain improvement.



✓ ___ deepens learning & it enables someone to make sense of the acquire knowledge.

Reflecting

It is a strategy that organized ideas and the main points of the text

Outlining and summarizing

When reader evaluate the content, they focus on information and they consider it's connection to their own viewpoint.



✓Readers make evidence-based judgements

Evaluating the argument

It is a reading strategy that will involve exploring similarities and differences between related texts.



✓Comparing and contrasting may help readers increase understanding of the text and also evaluate information presented, tell whether whose work is more accurate, believable and consistent.



✓Scanning is reading a text quicky in order to find specific information

Comparing and contrasting

Take two or more detail from reading and see if you can draw a conclusion.



✓When you are asked an inference question, go back over the reading and look for hints within the text

make inferences.

Reading strategies for critical reading

Go

Read, a wide range of text


- have dictionary at all times


- Never assume the meaning of a word that you are unfamiliar with.


- Keep a vocabulary journal where you write down all words that you learn on daily basis.


-Learn atleast three words a day and try using them in sentence


-Find opportunities to apply the learned words in actual conversation

Improve your vocabulary words

Be conscious of your recalls


- try to recall and explain the key points on you own words after each section


- avoid reading at slower pace just to compensate for you comprehension


-use a line guide.

Mind your reading comprehension skill

Force yourself to read at a faster rate for short periods of time. Go at a speed that is uncomfortable but you are still comprehending the material.


-Avoid rereading as much as possible


-You should never read at a rate that is slower than your average

Improve your reading speed

Survey, question, read, recite, review


- This is and active reading method that although will seem time consuming at the beginning, can still enhance your reading comprehension and learning effeciency

Apply the SQ3R

Skimming will help you locate the information quicky. It will also increase the amount to usable materials you obtain for you research

Do skimming and scanning