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Tag Archives: critical reading
Retweet: “Misinformation & Missteps”
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
Avoiding “HESI-tancy” in the HESI Examination
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
Posted in Discipline Specific, General Writing Advice, Specialized Writing Advice, Strategies, Stress Management
Tagged critical reading, examination, grammar, HESI A2, nursing, reading strategies, test, test taking, testing, understanding texts, UNR Writing & Speaking Center, Writing & Speaking Center
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Reading Strategies: Previewing, Annotating, and Note-Taking
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
Strategies for the Passive Reader
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
Reading Strategies: 24 Questions to Improve Understanding
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
Posted in General Writing Advice
Tagged critical reading, reading strategies, understanding reading, writing
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Reading Through Different Lenses: Critical Reading
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
Posted in General Writing Advice
Tagged critical reading, understanding texts, UNR Writing Center, writing
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