Research Skills: Reading & Note-taking Skills

Content: So what is your reading strategy? Are you a rapid reader'? Do you use SQ3R? Are you a critical reader? Are your notes mind maps'? Do you know what I'm talking about? This lecture will provide you with some practical ideas to improve your reading and note-taking techniques. There's a lot more to this than meets the eye.

Lecture Slides and Resources:

Further Reading:

http://www2.ntu.ac.uk/sss/studysupport/Study_Skills/Reading/Index.htm

The following is a lecture on reading skills from the LSE: LSE (2003) Making the Most of Lectures and Effective Reading Techniques', at

http://learning.lse.ac.uk/studyskills/session4/sess4slides2001.pdf (accessed: 22 August 2003)

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