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Posts by: Raul Pacheco-Vega

  1. Digital Paper: A Manual for Research and Writing with Library and Internet Materials (my reading notes) September 1, 2019

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  2. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (Adler/Van Doren) – my reading notes August 31, 2019

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  3. “From Notes to Narrative: Writing Ethnographies that Everyone Can Read” – (my reading notes) August 29, 2019

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  4. Henry Miller on Writing (my reading notes) August 29, 2019

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  5. Preparing for comprehensive-qualifying exams: Seeking guidance and practicing through sample questions August 26, 2019

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  6. From review of the literature to mind map of the field August 25, 2019

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  7. Developing a repertoire of reading strategies is extremely important August 24, 2019

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  8. How to write a systematic review, a narrative review, a scoping review or a meta-analysis August 24, 2019

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  9. We need to discuss the lack of time and space to think in academic settings August 24, 2019

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  10. Triaging your reading workload: how to choose when to read something in more depth August 21, 2019

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  11. Which “writing” book is best suited for me? A map of the literature based on a re-read of Helen Sword’s ALTS August 16, 2019

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  12. Dealing with The Dreaded Blank Page August 15, 2019

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  13. On reading up a lot, mind mapping the literature, “finding the gap” and writing paragraphs in your literature review August 14, 2019

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  14. Writing a literature review assignment (and for instructors: providing guidance) August 9, 2019

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  15. Using Overview Devices in scholarly research and academic writing August 6, 2019

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  16. A synthetic memorandum on advice on academic research and writing July 29, 2019

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  17. Writing the literature review chapter of a book July 25, 2019

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  18. The Craft of Research (Booth, Colomb, Williams) – 3rd Edition – my reading notes July 17, 2019

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  19. A proposed research process mind map July 14, 2019

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  20. Reading heuristics: Finding a core idea in a paragraph by searching for keywords/terms July 12, 2019

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  21. Reading when a paragraph starts with a topic sentence, and when it doesn’t July 8, 2019

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  22. A proposed sequence to teach/learn reading techniques for undergraduate students: Teach/learn how to write arguments first, then how to read in depth, then how to skim July 7, 2019

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  23. How to write the conclusions chapter of a book manuscript June 27, 2019

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  24. Evaluating progress by comparing myself to This Time Last Year’s Version of Me June 11, 2019

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  25. Put your oxygen mask on first, and 23 other life lessons I recently learned May 15, 2019

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