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Home  ›  Planning, Outlining, Revising, and More

Planning, Outlining, Revising, and More


Reading, Notetaking & Outlining
  • Reading Critically & Rhetorically
  • How to Read in Graduate School
  • Cornell Notetaking System (link to Cornell University)
  • The Permanent Notes Notetaking Method
  • The Slip Box Notetaking Method
  • Paraphrasing
  • Outlining Strategies for Common Academic Scenarios
  • Developing & Using Source Matrices
  • Source Matrix Template
  • YouTube: Source Matrix Tutorial (17 Minutes)

Introductions
  • The CaRS Model  
  • The CaRS Model Workshop 
  • CaRS Example in Education
  • CaRS Example in Evaluation
  • Research Paper Introduction Worksheet
  • Writing Thesis Statements
  • YouTube: Thesis Statements (53 Minutes)

Cohesion & Coherence
  • The AXES Model of Paragraph Construction
  • YouTube: Introduction to the AXES Method (17 Minutes)
  • Cohesion & Coherence
  • Writing Academic Summaries
  • IMRaD Paper Outline
  • YouTube video: Introduction to Graduate Research Papers Webinar (49 Minutes)

Time Management & Writing Plans
  • Semester Planning Worksheet
  • YouTube: Creating Writing Plans (49 Minutes)
  • Creating Writing Plans with the Chunking Method (17 Minutes)
  • YouTube: Time Management & Creating a Productivity System Webinar (50 Minutes)

Argumentation
  • The Toulmin Method of Argumentation 
  • CWR Goal Setting with Example
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