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This is an excellent ‘how-to’ book on the skill of reading and writing critical literature reviews. Its practical guidance is offered in clear and accessible ways. The Reading Code Sheet developed by Chong Ho Shon is particularly useful when putting this book into practice. I recommend it to both students and colleagues.
This book, part of the Sage Study skills guides, provides a supportive framework to allow students to develop and refine their reading skills. Having used the reading codes myself, I would recommend it as a valuable resource for students to quickly ascertain relevant content within articles. A useful companion to this book is Shon’s book in the same series The Quick Fix Guide to Academic Writing: How to avoid big mistakes and small errors, which uses the reading codes as a means of developing academic writing.
The book has the potential to interest students in a very systematic way to read academic articles. Such systems have great benefit for students who do not take easily to reading for academic purposes. Some of the codes could be helpful for most student guidance, particularly being able to identify critiques of previous literature, gaps and findings in articles and synthesising them to produce rationales for their own research.
Teachers assume that by the time youngsters reach secondary school age they are competent readers. However, unless they have been trained or have trained themselves to do otherwise, they probably read in the same way they were taught to when they were five years old. This is not an easy read, being aimed at university students... and their lecturers. However, I believe that it could be useful for teachers who despair at their pupils’ poor reading habits and/or low retention rates.
Shon provides an excellent guide on how to read journal articles. The reading code sheet helps to demystify the role of journal articles as proposals to knowledge and journals as forums for debate. I have used the book over the last five years with my students (many of whom are international and studying in a second language) with great success. The book has helped students to develop their critical thinking, reading and writing skills and when it comes to writing a dissertation they have used the code sheet in their own writing.
This book gives time to the art of reading a journal. It is itself word heavy and as such it may or may not be suitable to all students learning styles.
This is a very practical guide for students in second/third year. There are step by step practical procedures that enable students to consider the challenges initially faced when reading journal articles.
This book is a good practical guide for undergraduates learning to engage with journal articles.
The book's recommendations seem very practical and helpful to me and I hope for the students as well: I know from experience that my students don't have a guideline on how to read, which - as the author points out - is closely connected with writing abilities. Although I currently cannot ask my students in a course on data gathering and analysis to delve into a full course of reading a paper, I will use much of the books guidelines and teach the essential topics in a compact version during the course.
This is very useful in masters programmes especialy for mature practitioners who have been out of academia for some time.
This is a very practical guide, indeed. The author tackles the directive issued by many professors to students—to read critically or synthesize literature. Most books in this field do not delve into these mysterious statements. Song does, and in a very helpful way. He departs from the idea that a book which teaches students how to read must be succinct, concise, and operational. He also takes into account that international students are at a disadvantage regarding English writing and a command of disciplinary jargon.
Too light on detail and substance. Too general.
This book is very detailed and useful for tutors/ lecturers who are helping students to read and write journal arcticles/ essays etc. However, we cover most of its content in a few small interactive lectures on academic writing; the students would not read the whole book.
A simple, easy to use guide for students and staff alike.
The book offers support strategies in an easy to access format. The reading code is straightforward to follow and of value to students. An easy to read text that makes the complex understandable.
A very clear and concise approach the reading journal articles.
Why haven't I orderd myself this book before? Students struggle with journal articles and this book should help. I have put it on the list for my evidence based practice 1, 2 and 3 modules.
This is an important text for our professional doctorate candidates who are, on average, between the ages of 40-60 and have been out of HE for some time. It is of invaluable use also at masters level.
Great description of a very usefull method to read articles.
It is a good guide for student teachers from different disciplines to get easily grip on social science articles
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