chapter five
chap-5 CRCB Locating stated main ideasThe main idea is key to understanding your reading.details which is more specific,support and illustrate the main idea like types of unusual foods,tongue,ants,alligator,kangaroo.Looking in the obvious spots help you to find the main idea more efficiently.Noticing clue words and categorizing ideas helps you to separate examples and other supporting ideas from the larger,main points,so the relationships between ideas become clear.Some main ideas are stated directly in a reading and are easy to identify.Others are implied,and you must infer their meaning from the reading and then restate them in your own words.Implied main ideas and strategies for detecting them will be explored
Monday, May 12, 2008
chapter one
CRCB ch 1Summary Chapter 1- Critical Reading for College and BeyondChapter 1 it's about Reading in College.Reading is an active process that depends on both an author’s ability to convey meaning using words and ability to create meaning from them. You need to constantly connect what you already know about the information to the words the author has written.Learning Journals is a technique that helps you to analyze reading strategies and assess your learning. Using a learning journal helps you remember 80-90% of what you read. It also helps you toConcentration is a skill that can be learned with patience and perseverance. Like any reading strategy, concentration takes practice before it will kick in automatically every time you open a textbook.Learning Styles, most of what we learn comes from what we hear (auditory learning) in lectures or on audiotapes; see visual learning) through reading or watching people, videotapes, or television; or touch and do (kinesthetic learning) by practicing techniques, drawing maps, creating outlines, or making models Concentration Blocks, to recognize what distracts you when you are reading is an important way to improve your concentration.There are two kinds of distracters: Internal (comes from inside you) and external (comes from your environment).Concentration Techniques, to improve your concentration there are five techniques:1. Checkmark Monitor System; helps you monitor how many times you lose your concentration as you read.2. Creating a Study Environment3. Creating a Positive mental Attitude4. Using your Journal as a Worry Pad or5. Writing a Letter is especially helpful if you are distracted by internal or external distracters.Exercise 1a) Concentration Survey1. I know that concentration is a skill that can be learned.- yes2. I have a study area, complete with study supplies, and this area is used only for studying. - yes3. I try to concentrate as I read, but my mind usually drifts to other things, such as bills I have to pay or people I have to call. - yes4. If I get angry, I am unable to concentrate on my reading. - yes5. I know how to minimize all distractions. - yes6. I cannot read unless my house, or study environment, is immaculate. - no7. I have a system to let others know when I'm reading and that I do not want to be disturbed.- no8. I lose concentration easily when I'm bored with what I'm reading. - yesExercise 1b)Active and Passive Learning Strategies1. Copying down everything your professor says. (P)2. Revising lecture notes. (A)3. Reviewing sections of your textbook by summarizing and reciting information. (A)4. Reading each chapter straight through. (P)5. Always begin reading by previewing each chapter and developing questions to help you focus. (A)6. Testing yourself on the information in your notes. (A)Exercise 1c) External Distracters: Come from our environment and can include television, loud radio music, constant phone calls, or unexpected visitors.Internal Distracters:Preoccupation with boy or girlfriend, family problems, worry about rent and tuition bills for next semester, or excitement about an upcoming event....Exercise 1d)Finding Your Concentration Baseline I read my Psychology topic for 30 min. and lost concentration a total of 7 times. A lot of difficult and new definitions made me bored. The checkmark technique remind me how many time I lost my concentration as I read. And after I put my checkmark in my journal I began reading again.Exercise 1e)Worry Pad ( Writing a Letter)This technique writing down my worries in a letter and than throw it away let me feel I throw my worries away. So I can focus on study.
CRCB ch 1Summary Chapter 1- Critical Reading for College and BeyondChapter 1 it's about Reading in College.Reading is an active process that depends on both an author’s ability to convey meaning using words and ability to create meaning from them. You need to constantly connect what you already know about the information to the words the author has written.Learning Journals is a technique that helps you to analyze reading strategies and assess your learning. Using a learning journal helps you remember 80-90% of what you read. It also helps you toConcentration is a skill that can be learned with patience and perseverance. Like any reading strategy, concentration takes practice before it will kick in automatically every time you open a textbook.Learning Styles, most of what we learn comes from what we hear (auditory learning) in lectures or on audiotapes; see visual learning) through reading or watching people, videotapes, or television; or touch and do (kinesthetic learning) by practicing techniques, drawing maps, creating outlines, or making models Concentration Blocks, to recognize what distracts you when you are reading is an important way to improve your concentration.There are two kinds of distracters: Internal (comes from inside you) and external (comes from your environment).Concentration Techniques, to improve your concentration there are five techniques:1. Checkmark Monitor System; helps you monitor how many times you lose your concentration as you read.2. Creating a Study Environment3. Creating a Positive mental Attitude4. Using your Journal as a Worry Pad or5. Writing a Letter is especially helpful if you are distracted by internal or external distracters.Exercise 1a) Concentration Survey1. I know that concentration is a skill that can be learned.- yes2. I have a study area, complete with study supplies, and this area is used only for studying. - yes3. I try to concentrate as I read, but my mind usually drifts to other things, such as bills I have to pay or people I have to call. - yes4. If I get angry, I am unable to concentrate on my reading. - yes5. I know how to minimize all distractions. - yes6. I cannot read unless my house, or study environment, is immaculate. - no7. I have a system to let others know when I'm reading and that I do not want to be disturbed.- no8. I lose concentration easily when I'm bored with what I'm reading. - yesExercise 1b)Active and Passive Learning Strategies1. Copying down everything your professor says. (P)2. Revising lecture notes. (A)3. Reviewing sections of your textbook by summarizing and reciting information. (A)4. Reading each chapter straight through. (P)5. Always begin reading by previewing each chapter and developing questions to help you focus. (A)6. Testing yourself on the information in your notes. (A)Exercise 1c) External Distracters: Come from our environment and can include television, loud radio music, constant phone calls, or unexpected visitors.Internal Distracters:Preoccupation with boy or girlfriend, family problems, worry about rent and tuition bills for next semester, or excitement about an upcoming event....Exercise 1d)Finding Your Concentration Baseline I read my Psychology topic for 30 min. and lost concentration a total of 7 times. A lot of difficult and new definitions made me bored. The checkmark technique remind me how many time I lost my concentration as I read. And after I put my checkmark in my journal I began reading again.Exercise 1e)Worry Pad ( Writing a Letter)This technique writing down my worries in a letter and than throw it away let me feel I throw my worries away. So I can focus on study.
TFY Chapter 12 Summary
1. Deductive reasoning is the process of starting with one or more statements called premises and investigating what conclusions necessarily follow from these premises.
2. Deduction is the subject of formal logic, whose main concern is with creating forms that demonstrate reasoning.
3. The standardized language of syllogisms allows a reduction of every day language into verbal equations.
4. Syllogisms allow logicians to determine what is being said, to identify hidden premises, and to find out out if the argument makes senses.
5. Deductive and inductive reasoning are not isolated pursuits but are mentally interwoven both in major and mundane problem solving.
6. It is possible to infer the rules of valid and invalid reasoning from the study of models.
1. Deductive reasoning is the process of starting with one or more statements called premises and investigating what conclusions necessarily follow from these premises.
2. Deduction is the subject of formal logic, whose main concern is with creating forms that demonstrate reasoning.
3. The standardized language of syllogisms allows a reduction of every day language into verbal equations.
4. Syllogisms allow logicians to determine what is being said, to identify hidden premises, and to find out out if the argument makes senses.
5. Deductive and inductive reasoning are not isolated pursuits but are mentally interwoven both in major and mundane problem solving.
6. It is possible to infer the rules of valid and invalid reasoning from the study of models.
Summary on chapter-9
Argument (What's a Good Argument?)
The critical reading of arguments is an active endeavor that requires involvement,interaction with questions and evaluation.The questions asked in the critical reading of arguments area)What viewpoint is the source of this argument?b)What is the issue of controversy?c)How is the argument structured in terms of reasons and conclusions?d)What are the argument's strengths and weakness?The analysis of arguments in terms of their reasons and conclusions applies to both inductive and deductive arguments.Reasons include data,evidence and premises,while conclusions include those deductively drawn as well as hypothesis.Arguments state and defend a claim in an attempt to persuade.It disguised as reports slant the facts and language toward a bias.
Argument (What's a Good Argument?)
The critical reading of arguments is an active endeavor that requires involvement,interaction with questions and evaluation.The questions asked in the critical reading of arguments area)What viewpoint is the source of this argument?b)What is the issue of controversy?c)How is the argument structured in terms of reasons and conclusions?d)What are the argument's strengths and weakness?The analysis of arguments in terms of their reasons and conclusions applies to both inductive and deductive arguments.Reasons include data,evidence and premises,while conclusions include those deductively drawn as well as hypothesis.Arguments state and defend a claim in an attempt to persuade.It disguised as reports slant the facts and language toward a bias.
chapter 4
CHAPTER SUMMARYHOW DO I REASON FROM PREMISES?
Deductive reasoning is the process of starting with one or more statements called premises and investigating what conclusions necessarily follow from these premises.Deduction is the subject of formal logic, whose main concern is with creating forms that demonstrate reasoning.Logic has its own technical vocabulary
Deductive reasoning is the process of starting with one or more statements called premises and investigating what conclusions necessarily follow from these premises.Deduction is the subject of formal logic, whose main concern is with creating forms that demonstrate reasoning.Logic has its own technical vocabulary
Thursday, May 1, 2008
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