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Effective note-taking techniques
Test-taking strategies
How to create a study schedule
Spot contradictions and novel patterns
Go on cross-disciplinary research expeditions.
By reading and translating the literature in fields outside your own, the full body of evidence surrounding a problem become apparent.
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There is no single formula
Be open to have your basic presumptions shattered.
Strategies for solving scientific mysteries:
- pin down why perspectives on them differ and what each has to offer
- try to locate the essential core of available evidence
- not put m...
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Pursue what appears to be a paradox
It will force you to reexamine the full body of evidence with new eyes.
Seeking relevant knowledge in unfamiliar disciplines increases the odds of serendipitous insights and allows novel empirical patterns to emerge.
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Focus on data and methods
Ignore the author’s conclusions.
When you are doing cross-disciplinary research what really matters is the structure of the full body of evidence rather than any authors’ particular interpretation of their data in one paper, which is often biased.
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Don’t rely on fancy statistics
They can obscure the structure of evidence.
Remain skeptical of all statistical and mathematical modeling procedures that pre-process evidence while leaving little trace of its original structure.
Start out close to the data by scrutinizing frequency distribu...
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Spot patterns
Once the feedback arrives, look for the common themes that appear in multiple stories. Make a list of the themes, the key examples that support each theme, and what they suggest about your strengths.
The Importance Of Research On Reading Habits
A study found that students who read texts in print scored significantly better on the reading comprehension test than students who read the texts digitally. Empirical evidence also indicates that affordances of screen devices might negatively impact cognitive and emotional aspects of reading.
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