Not seeing the wood for the trees: encouraging active reading

Laura Barclay

doi:10.21252/7zz4-c814

Not seeing the wood for the trees: encouraging active reading

Laura Barclay

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Academic reading is often the neglected counterpart to academic writing within higher education. This paper introduces a resource presented at ‘Becoming Well Read 2021’, which was designed to support students with academic reading. Using a fairy tale as an example text, students respond to structured discussion questions that are then applied to the academic context. This paper concludes with reflections on how the resource could be adapted for future use in order to support students to actively engage with academic materials.

Original language	English
Number of pages	9
Journal	The Journal of Academic Development and Education
Volume	Special Edition (Becoming Well Read)
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21252/7zz4-c814
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2021

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academic reading
fairy tales
Learning Development

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Not seeing the wood for the trees: encouraging active reading

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