Welcome to Unit 5 CS113Reading and Note Taking

We are in our 5th week! Good job. We are at the half-way mark. Are there any questions from Unit 4 you need clarification on before we begin with Unit 5?

Please summarize in your own words at least one thing you learned from Unit 4 (Critical Thinking).

Instructor overview and comments.

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Reading and Note TakingUnit 5 Seminar – CS113

Reading - Kali Reading-strategies for improving your reading

comprehension and note taking Discussion-apply reading strategies to an article you

are asked to read. List ways it was useful. Assignment-refer to the LASSI Inventory you took in

Unit 3 to do the assignment. Seminar: Case of Janice

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Unit 5 Objectives

Explore tips and strategies for improving reading comprehension and note taking strategies.

Read material using the scan, read, interpret method.

Explore two areas of the LASSI Scales to learn personal improvement strategies.

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Unit 5 To-do-list

Read the Unit Overview Complete the Reading, including the

discussion article. Your password is provided in class.

Respond to the Discussion Attend the Weekly Seminar Complete the Assignment

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REVIEW (from Unit 4)

What four steps can we use to improve our thinking?

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REVIEW (from Unit 4)

What are the differences between facts and inferences?

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REVIEW (from Unit 4)

What are the differences between Conjecture and Opinion?

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REVIEW (from Unit 4)

What would be an example of a reliable source?

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REVIEW (from Unit 4)

What do YOU think it means to be an active thinker?

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REVIEW—Referencing to class work

Students must reference back to class work as stated on our class syllabus, otherwise it is considered plagiarism.

Saying something as simple as; “The words from the Unit reading "state an opinion" caught my attention (KU Course, CS113, 2010). The reason those words spoke to me was because….

“Whether a student copies verbatim or simply re-phrases the ideas of another without properly acknowledging the source, it is still plagiarism (KU Course, CS113, 2010).”

Have a separate reference page for your readers to find exactly where that information was found on your assignments.

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Reference page

Author’s last name, then first initial of the first name. (Date of publication). Title of article found on web-site. Retrieved on: (Date goes here). Available: Specify COMPLETE path. (This is an example of APA 5th edition.)

KU Course, CS113-04. (2010). Unit 5: Reading and Note Taking. Retrieved on: April 21. Available: www.kaplan.edu

See your Class Home/Academic Tools/Plagiarism & Citing Sources (Online Communication Guideline).

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General Questions

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Why should we care about reading comprehension?

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Janice Case Study

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How can Janice improve her concentration while reading?

Think about what strategies you use to help you concentrate when you read?

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How can a reading method help Janice understand the material better?

Reading methods; SQ3R, KWL, PORPE, SRI, Think out-loud; highlighting, framework, etc.

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How should Janiceapproach vocabulary?

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What kinds of note-taking might Janice use for various assignments?

What structured method do you use to organize your thoughts for reading? (Cornell system, Charting, Outlining, Mapping, etc.)

Your answer will help you determine what kind of information you need to find before you even begin reading.

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How are reading, note-taking, and writing connected?

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Can you name a few situations where you need to read?

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What motivates you to read in class?

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Do you fall asleep when you read?

What suggestions do you have to stay awake while you read?

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How do you determine your comprehension of the read material?

Who What Where When Why How

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How do you go about deciding which information to believe when you read?

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Which is true? How would you know?

This is National Volunteer Week, and amid a recession, …volunteerism is at an all time low, still (April 21, 2010).

Woman’s World (July 20, 2009, p. 44) welcomes a new addition of twins to Heidi Klum & Seal’s family.

TV Guide’s (April 19-25, 2010, p. 9) Editor, Shari Kaufman, tweeted that Charlie Sheen would be on the Fox “Dancing with the stars” show this season.

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Business Journals

Broaden your business background knowledge. What business journals are available online?

www.entrepreneur.com; www.washingtonpost.com;

Wall Street Journal; Fortune, Harvard Business Review, Business Week Online, etc.

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Any General Questions?

Seminar is coming to an end, soon.

Let’s wrap-up the evening.

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Seminar Concluded

Good night. Have a great week! My office hours are posted on our syllabus. My AIM ID is: DrDenhard. THE END…

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