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Critical Reading skills-Joshua Maina

Critical reading skills refer to the ability to analyze and evaluate written texts in a thoughtful and discerning manner. These skills involve actively engaging with the text, questioning its content and assumptions, and considering its implications and broader context. Here are some key critical reading skills.

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Critical Reading skills-Joshua Maina

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Critical Reading skills

Evidence

Broading The Definition Of Evidence

Consider Actual Data

Method For Data Colletion

Audit Trail For Data

Rational For the Interpretation made and conclusion drawn

Revelevance, Theoritcal perspective, Idology, or philosophy that underpins arguement

Linking Evidence

Why authors considers that what they did was woth doing

Why Data and material collected were approprate

Why it worth doing in a particular way

Increasing Reading Speed

Reading Goals

Choosing Text

Check Date of Publication

Check the Contents

Look for a Reference for your topic

Scanning

Introduction

First and Last paragraph

The Concluding or summarizing Chapter of a text

The Book Index

Skimming

Concentrate on indetifying main points

Pre-view a selcetion of text prior to detailed reading

Refresh your understanding of text following detailed reading

Detail Reading

Underlining and Highlighting

Keyword

Questions

Summaries

Improving Reading Skills

Develop Speed By

Concentrating On Reading line on only three fixation

Practise without drawing lines

Clear focus For your reading

Scan and Skim text for detailed reading

Using clear goals and variety of reading skills

Note Taking

Descriptive Details

Setting Type of data

Sample size use of theory

Sample Profile Equipment

Follow Up style of writing

Statistics used measurments

Method Sources of bais

Question Raised Limitations

Main Argument Intended audience

Guidance From Other sources

Available in Books/based on materials

Available Via Internet through websites

Interprative Questions to ask about sources

Note Making

Reading

Risk Taking

Being too brief

The Risk

Beign too comprehsive

Managing Risk by being to selective

Deciding what to read and what not read

Deciding on which specific material to make notes on

Lectures

Streamling your note taking

Use of Shortcuts in note taking

Thought Mapping

Non Linear Techniques

Thought Maps

Spider Diagrams

Flow charts

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