Learning Process and Reading Hints
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| In order to facilitate your learning process you should: 1. Keep up with the readings. Take notes from the readings. 2. Come to class prepared to discuss issues that come from the readings. 3. Raise questions about the issues covered in the reading materials and what is presented in lecture. 4. Organize your thoughts about the information. 5. Be aware that it is more important to think about the significance and meaning of what you have read, rather than attempt to remember every minor detail. |
| When reading the course materials you will benefit by: --Differentiating between fact and opinion --Recognizing and assessing the bias, tone, and rhetoric in what you are reading --Identifying cause-and-effect relationships --Determining the accuracy and completeness of the information presented --Recognizing the logical implications and conclusions of the argument --Making judgments and inferences based upon the material (recognizing faulty assumptions, reasoning, and logic) --Comparing and contrasting information and points of view |