1. Name the author/s of the article.
The authors of this article are Robin H. Kay and Sharon Lauricella.
2. Who is the primary audience for the article? Why? (Give reasons for your answer, providing clear evidence from article). Avoid giving multiple answers.
The primary audience for this particular article are universities or any higher education system. They would most like be the ones to buy and read this type of article to have a better understanding of how effective it is to give students or allow students to use laptops in the classroom. They would also be the audience because they would be able to use this article for assessments for the students as it’s an academic article. Since the article is in English most universities would …show more content…
According to skills taught in class, what are some of the visual features of an academic article that can assist your understanding of the material? (e.g., aspects of layout, headings, font style, language, etc.) Which two of these techniques helped you the most whilst reading the article for this assessment? Briefly explain how they helped you. Word count: up to 100 words.
Some of the visual features that can assist with the understanding of the material are; underlines, headings, font style and the language used. The two visual features that helped me understand this article were headings and the language used. The headings were bold and larger in font size making it easy to recognize and know what the upcoming paragraph is about. The language used also made it easy to read because it was basic English words that I know and used to seeing when reading articles and books. I did not find myself looking up the meaning of any big words because they were all understandable. Which saved me some time when I was reading the …show more content…
I already knew the benefits of using laptops in educational facilities such as universities. Some of the benefits are student’s find it easier to stay organized, take notes and do research. What I learnt about the topic was that some students did not enjoy and see the benefits of using laptop because they found them distracting and harder to stay on track and not start surfing the web for non-educational reasons. After reflecting on the article I found the results are very close to what I expected them to be. A lot of higher education students see the benefit of using laptops in classroom. As a student myself I personally think it’s very beneficial to use laptops in class as it improves the way we students
The authors of this article are Robin H. Kay and Sharon Lauricella.
2. Who is the primary audience for the article? Why? (Give reasons for your answer, providing clear evidence from article). Avoid giving multiple answers.
The primary audience for this particular article are universities or any higher education system. They would most like be the ones to buy and read this type of article to have a better understanding of how effective it is to give students or allow students to use laptops in the classroom. They would also be the audience because they would be able to use this article for assessments for the students as it’s an academic article. Since the article is in English most universities would …show more content…
According to skills taught in class, what are some of the visual features of an academic article that can assist your understanding of the material? (e.g., aspects of layout, headings, font style, language, etc.) Which two of these techniques helped you the most whilst reading the article for this assessment? Briefly explain how they helped you. Word count: up to 100 words.
Some of the visual features that can assist with the understanding of the material are; underlines, headings, font style and the language used. The two visual features that helped me understand this article were headings and the language used. The headings were bold and larger in font size making it easy to recognize and know what the upcoming paragraph is about. The language used also made it easy to read because it was basic English words that I know and used to seeing when reading articles and books. I did not find myself looking up the meaning of any big words because they were all understandable. Which saved me some time when I was reading the …show more content…
I already knew the benefits of using laptops in educational facilities such as universities. Some of the benefits are student’s find it easier to stay organized, take notes and do research. What I learnt about the topic was that some students did not enjoy and see the benefits of using laptop because they found them distracting and harder to stay on track and not start surfing the web for non-educational reasons. After reflecting on the article I found the results are very close to what I expected them to be. A lot of higher education students see the benefit of using laptops in classroom. As a student myself I personally think it’s very beneficial to use laptops in class as it improves the way we students