Chapter 14 : Evaluating Internet Resources

Chapter 14 : Evaluating Internet Resources

One of the greatest resources we know have on hand is the World Wide Web. We can find information to almost any subject imaginable with just the click of a button. This resource is extremely useful but at the same time can crippling as well. A lot of time when books are published they are made sure that the information written is legitimate as where on web that is not always the case. When getting reliable references from the web you must make sure the information that you’re gathering is coming from a credible source rather than form a 15 year old kid who’s posting nonsense on the web. The fact is that anybody can put stuff on the web so it is important to make sure the information you’re receiving is factual.

Chapter 13: Reading Beyond the Words

CHAPTER13. READING BEYOND THE WORDS

When reading you must be certain level of knowledge in what you are reading and you must always be trying to interpret what the author is saying because a lot of time it may not be in front of you in black and white. Everything the author is saying to you must be taken in to account in what he may be trying to accomplish by getting his work across. In what type of tone is the author coming across as, is it persuasive? Is it a summary, or a biography or maybe a report of some finding that he is sharing? As a reader you should look through all of this to try to learn what is trying to be put across. Once you have read what has been presented evaluate and try to summarize what you got out of this reading.

Chapter 12: Identifying and Evaluating Arguments

Identifying and Evaluating Arguments

In arguments we come across deductive argument, inductive and evaluating arguments. A deductive argument is that the premise is to be undeniably true that the conclusion is also unquestionably true as well. In an inductive argument the premise is highly probable to be true as well as the conclusion. The main thing to understand between the two is probability as which you know is the absolute truth and what you know is high probable. In an argument you want to have a deductive stance because nothing can argue with one hundred percent fact.

Chapter 11: Chapter11. Inductive Reasoning and Inductive Fallacies : How Do I Reason from Edividence?

How Do I Reason from Evidence?

Inductive reasoning is important to have in argument because it allows you to be aware of patterns going on in a situation. Although this pattern may happen almost every time it is important to be able to distinguish it between facts. Inductive reasoning can help strengthen your argument because a lot of times it is taken almost as being factual so it is a good basis to have. Fallacies are what brings an argument down because it is pattern of reasoning witch is usually wrong. This because of the way the argument is structured which is incorrect for one reason or another. It may be incorrect because the statements may be false or it may be incorrect simply because of where the premise and conclusions are setup.

Chapter 10: Text Book Marking

CHAPTER10. TEXT BOOK MARKING

An important skill to have while studying or writing a report is the ability to find the main points in any type of text. This is when highlighting or marking play an important role in finding what you need. When doing research for a paper you may have to look through a lot of different types of books or any type of text, so when looking through this you must find a method to mark all the points that are going to be necessary for your report. You can use a highlighter and while skimming the text highlight all the important details that you may find interesting and would like to go back to later in order to incorporate them back into your paper. The benefit of doing this is, you have six books that you have collected and it would be a waste of time to go back through them again, when highlighted you can just go to where you have previously marked and pull out what you need.

Chapter 9 Argument: What’s a Good Argument?

Argument: What’s a Good Argument?

If a statement is thrown out to you, you would not necessarily believe just because someone told you. It is important when arguing a topic or persuading one on your views, you are prepared with data, facts about the topic a strong underlining premise and make sure you believe in what you are saying. Also when giving your argument your premise must be true, and your conclusion should always support your premise. You want to be prepared when you have and argument, in that all your material has been well researched and you are prepared to fire back on any questions given to you on that topic.

Chapter 8 : Methods of Organization

Methods of Organization

Authors use different methods of organization in order to present information in a logical format that suits the subject matter and goals of their books.
For example: the listing method, lists a series of ideas or items, alphabetically, by category. Analysis method, defines a concept to clarity meaning- may use examples and analogies. Another method is the cause/effect, method author use to show why something happened and the effects that occurred as result. The comparison/contrast method, that focuses on similarities and differences. The definition/example method that breaks apart a concept-presents basic elements. The Sequence method, that shows steps or ideas the chronological order of events. Another useful way to identify an author’s method of organization is to look for the organizational word clues (OWCs) that indicate which patterns he or she is using.Knowing the different patterns, or methods, of organization helps you make sense of what you are reading and remember the content more accurately.