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12/11/2004

Reading and writting to researchers are as important as water to fish.
As I am trying to start writting my thesis, I collected some useful links about efficient and critical writting and reading.

1. Critical Reading Towards Critical Writing

What is critical reading: To make judgement about how the viewpoint is argued, the keys for critical reading is that rather than looking for pure information we focus on looking for the ways of thinking about the subject matter.

Ways of thinking: Claims, purpose; context; kinds of reasoning; evidence; evaluation.


2. This guide to thesis writing
gives simple and practical advice on the problems of getting started, getting organised, dividing the huge task into less formidable pieces and working on those pieces. It also explains the practicalities of surviving the ordeal. It includes a suggested structure and a guide to what should go in each section. It was originally written for graduate students in physics, and most of the specific examples given are taken from that discipline. Nevertheless, the feedback from users indicates that it has been widely used and appreciated by graduate students in diverse fields in the sciences and humanities.


3. Writing and Presenting Your Thesis or Dissertation
This guide has been created to assist my graduate students in thinking through the many aspects of crafting, implementing and defending a thesis or dissertation. It is my attempt to share some of the many ideas that have surfaced over the past few years that definitely make the task of finishing a graduate degree so much easier.


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