WSI NSE 11 A WEEK 3 ACTIVE READING

WSI NSE 11 A – WEEK 3 ACTIVE READING

Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Office hours and Workshops APA Review (from week 2) Effective Electronic Communication Active Reading Studying Success Strategies

Office Hours • • Tuesday, 12 -1 pm, SHE 540 Tuesday, 2 -3 pm, KHE 119 Wednesday, 12 -1 pm, after class or by appointment Friday, 11 -12 pm, after class or by appointment Contact Information: lslinger@ryerson. ca wsiryerson. wordpress. com/nursing

APA Workshops Week 4: • Tuesday, September 23, 2 -3 pm POD 463 A&B • Wednesday, September 24, 12 -1 pm, POD 476 -C • Friday, September 26, 12 -1 pm, POD 476 C Email me to reserve a space (lslinger@ryerson. ca), indicate which session you would like to attend.

APA Activities (Week 2) Any questions?

APA Activities Goes until page 37.

Electronic Communication Etiquette When is email an appropriate form of communication to use? When is it inappropriate?

Electronic Communication Etiquette Formal versus Informal

Electronic Communication Etiquette Situation 1: You are ill. After visiting the medical clinic, the doctor has told you to stay home from school. You have an in-class test later the same day. Write an email to your professor explaining your absence and asking to write the test at a later date. Situation 2: You are working on a group project. Your partner has yet to contact you about the project and it will soon be due. You are concerned that you need to begin work. Write an email to your partner asking them to meet to discuss the project.

Critical Reading: • Quickly • With Focus • While asking questions about the information presented

Critical Reading ACTIVE READING is a set of skills that will to allow you to: • Identify a reading’s thesis, arguments and how they are supported; • Discuss qualitatively how the argument is constructed and think about whether and how it was useful; • Relate it to broader themes, to think about how it would be useful in the future.

Active Reading • Pre-Reading • Summarizing and Evaluating

Pre-Reading • Why do you do each week’s readings? • Why pre-read?

Pre-Reading Know what you want to know: 1. 2. Survey the Article. Ask Questions - What is the topic? What does the reading seem to be about? How might it relate to that week’s readings or class topic? 3. • Note Headings and Sub-Headings [nursing reading summary sheet, see wsiryerson. wordpress. com/nursing]

Reading Read quickly and effectively by jotting notes and questions as you go, but maintaining a good speed. 4. 5. 6. 7. Marginal Notes Highlighting Vocabulary Reference List

Summarizing and Evaluating 8. • Write up your notes. Answer the questions you formulated during your pre-reading • Try and formulate a single major argument (thesis) in 1 to 3 sentences.

Summarizing and Evaluating IDEA/CON CEPT Explanation/ Definition IDEA/CONC EPT SUBCONCEPT EXAMPLES EXAMPL ES SUBCONCEPT EXAMPLES

4. Identifying Patterns Reflect on what you have read: Level 1: Reflect on the basics of the reading itself Level 2: Reflect on the article as a whole Level 3: Reflect on the article more broadly

Active Reading The goals of active reading are to allow you to: • Identify a reading’s thesis, arguments and how they are supported; • Discuss qualitatively how the argument is constructed and think about whether and how it was useful; • Relate it to broader themes, to think about how it would be useful in the future.

Active Reading Pre-Reading 1. Survey the Article 2. Ask Questions 3. Note Headings and Sub-Headings Reading 4. Marginal Notes 5. Highlighting 6. Vocabulary 7. Reference List Summarizing and Evaluating 8. Write up your notes

Successful Studying Strategies Reading: • It takes time. • Taking notes is essential.

Successful Studying Strategies Active Attendance and Listening: Use the same steps and strategies as for active reading. Before Class/Pre-Reading: 1. Survey that week’s topic and readings 2. Ask Questions 3. Note important topics, goals, headings and sub-headings.

Successful Studying Strategies Active Attendance and Listening: During Class/Reading 4. Marginal Notes - Take notes on important information. - Listen for verbal clues about what is important in each topic and when the instructor moves from one section to another. 5. Highlighting - Highlight information from slides and readings. - Use the “outline” function in Powerpoint. 6. Vocabulary - Note important concepts and unknown words 7. Reference List - Further readings

Successful Studying Strategies Active Attendance and Listening: During Class/Reading Powerpoint’s Outline function

Successful Studying Strategies Active Attendance and Listening: After Class/ Summarizing and Evaluating 8. Write up your notes - Include comments, questions, ideas, or connections you have about the reading. - Find ways to fill in missing information (ask a classmate, review the assigned readings, go to your instructor’s office hours).

Successful Studying Strategies What if I fall behind? Some general points