Tag Archives: critical reading

Retweet: “Misinformation & Missteps”

Posted on August 4, 2016 by writingcenter

By Reece Gibb In the week subsequent to the Boston Bombing, Massachusetts law enforcement saw to the capture of suspected co-conspirator Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Twitter was abuzz with “the usual compound of rumor, misinformation and repetition.”[1] Gossip columns from the New … Continue reading →

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Avoiding “HESI-tancy” in the HESI Examination

Posted on July 1, 2016 by writingcenter

By Aly Sicat If you are currently a pre-nursing student (or are thinking about becoming one), you’ve probably heard whispers and rumors about the new entrance exam. The HESI A2 examination stands for Heath Education Systems Incorporated Admissions Assessment and … Continue reading →

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Reading Strategies: Previewing, Annotating, and Note-Taking

Posted on November 9, 2015 by writingcenter

By Greta Ochsner If you find yourself struggling to focus on textbooks, then this blog is for you. Although reading a blog about reading strategies might be the last thing you feel like doing, these strategies can help reduce the time … Continue reading →

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Strategies for the Passive Reader

Posted on October 12, 2015 by writingcenter

By Pamela Hong With academic reading, sometimes it seems like you are reading the sentence and it just seems like you are reading it over and over and you are reading the sentence and it just seems like you are … Continue reading →

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Reading Strategies: 24 Questions to Improve Understanding

Posted on April 17, 2014 by writingcenter

By Logan Miller One of the larger impacts on our writing as students is how we go about reading the texts we’re assigned in classes. It is simple to suggest that actually doing our assigned reading is critical; however, effective, … Continue reading →

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Reading Through Different Lenses: Critical Reading

Posted on February 27, 2014 by writingcenter

by Brian H. McLelland As one develops advanced critical reading skills over a period of time with practice, critical reading can be a lot more accessible than you might realize. Text analysis shouldn’t cause you to feel perplexed or intimidated. … Continue reading →

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