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Posts by: Raul Pacheco-Vega

A modest proposal for desk organization September 2, 2019
Posted in academia, organization, productivity.
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Digital Paper: A Manual for Research and Writing with Library and Internet Materials (my reading notes) September 1, 2019
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How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (Adler/Van Doren) – my reading notes August 31, 2019
Posted in academia, reading strategies.
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“From Notes to Narrative: Writing Ethnographies that Everyone Can Read” – (my reading notes) August 29, 2019
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Henry Miller on Writing (my reading notes) August 29, 2019
Posted in academia, writing.
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Preparing for comprehensive-qualifying exams: Seeking guidance and practicing through sample questions August 26, 2019
Posted in academia, research.
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From review of the literature to mind map of the field August 25, 2019
Posted in academia, reading strategies, research, writing.
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Developing a repertoire of reading strategies is extremely important August 24, 2019
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How to write a systematic review, a narrative review, a scoping review or a meta-analysis August 24, 2019
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We need to discuss the lack of time and space to think in academic settings August 24, 2019
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Triaging your reading workload: how to choose when to read something in more depth August 21, 2019
Posted in academia, reading strategies, writing.
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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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Dealing with The Dreaded Blank Page August 15, 2019
Posted in academia, research, writing.
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On reading up a lot, mind mapping the literature, “finding the gap” and writing paragraphs in your literature review August 14, 2019
Posted in academia, writing.
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Writing a literature review assignment (and for instructors: providing guidance) August 9, 2019
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Using Overview Devices in scholarly research and academic writing August 6, 2019
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A synthetic memorandum on advice on academic research and writing July 29, 2019
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Writing the literature review chapter of a book July 25, 2019
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The Craft of Research (Booth, Colomb, Williams) – 3rd Edition – my reading notes July 17, 2019
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A proposed research process mind map July 14, 2019
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Reading heuristics: Finding a core idea in a paragraph by searching for keywords/terms July 12, 2019
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Reading when a paragraph starts with a topic sentence, and when it doesn’t July 8, 2019
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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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How to write the conclusions chapter of a book manuscript June 27, 2019
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Evaluating progress by comparing myself to This Time Last Year’s Version of Me June 11, 2019
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