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Skill 3: Scientific Reading
Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, the resources in this section help students to develop their skills in scientific reading.
This skill area concentrates on reading three types of scientific texts:
Instructional texts, such as text books, which describe scientific concepts, curriculum content, wider scientific examples and provide enrichment.
Reviews in which the writer organizes, formulates and summarizes previous research studies performed on a certain topic. These texts are found in reference books or as articles in periodicals.
Research articles, which are the principal tool of communication used by researchers, in which they report on the results of one or more studies on a certain topic. Published in professional journals, reference books, or publications of original studies, the target audience generally consists of science professionals.
There are trainer development materials associated with the delivery of these learning activities. They can be found at: LSS Skill Area 3 Training.
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Skill 3.1 Deciding Quickly if an Article is Useful
Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity gives students the opportunity to practise quickly skim-reading a text to assess its usefulness.
A guided activity asks students to quickly browse through a scientific article and extract information such as its title, author and the subject of...
Skill 3.2 Deciding if an Article is Worth Reading in Detail
These activities, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, help students to look at a text, after an initial skim read, to judge if it is worth considering in more detail.
This ‘second glance’ activity serves several aims:
* It enables students to assess quickly what is the subject of the...
Skill 3.3 Understanding the Value of Titles
Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity helps students to consider how useful and informative article titles are.
During the activity, students:
* browse a scientific article.
* look for information such as the author, publication date and content of the abstract.
*...
Skill 3.4 Making Sense of a Text
These activities, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, help students to identify different sections in scientific texts which help to create an order and logical progression of the information conveyed. It encourages students to look at how the information is split into several principal types and...