Introduction to Research Documents & Academic Reading Strategies by Usic https://padlet.com/usictech/edr6cpia16d4nfpe en-us 2022-03-10 07:04:14 UTC 2026-03-16 05:02:06 UTC hello@padlet.com usictech https://padlet.com/usictech/edr6cpia16d4nfpe/wish/2087843429 In groups, read the slides above and refer to your notes from the pre-class activity to note three similarities and/or differences between these two kinds of research document:

Journal article

Research proposal

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1. When reading an academic journal article, should you read every single section? Why / Why not?


2. Put the sections of the journal article below in the suggested reading order:

1.  Subheadings / diagrams
2. Topic sentence of each first paragraph in each section
3. Any sections that seem important (read in more detail only at this stage)
4. Abstract
5. Bibliography (=References)
6. Date of publication
7. Introduction & Conclusion
8. Title

3. After scanning the text, what should you do next?


]]> 2022-03-10 08:18:48 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/edr6cpia16d4nfpe/wish/2087860906 We are going to consider the topic of mental health and wellbeing. usictech https://padlet.com/usictech/edr6cpia16d4nfpe/wish/2087883420 1.  Discuss:

•What is ‘mental health’? What is ‘wellbeing’? Give examples.

•How might poor mental health lead to poor wellbeing? Give examples.

•How might good mental health lead to good wellbeing? Give examples.

2.  Look at the following example research question:

What are the effects of online study on student mental health and wellbeing?

What does this researcher want to find out? Explain in your own words.

3. If you were going to research this question, which of the following journal article titles would be useful for your own research:

  • The relationship between teacher and student mental health and wellbeing

  • Mental health in distance learning: barriers and enablers to student mental wellbeing

  • Using song writing to improve student mental health and wellbeing

  • Student mental health and the effectiveness of counselling

  • Distance learning and parental mental health during Covid-19


]]> 2022-03-10 08:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/edr6cpia16d4nfpe/wish/2087883420 usictech https://padlet.com/usictech/edr6cpia16d4nfpe/wish/2087893790 2022-03-10 08:40:55 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/edr6cpia16d4nfpe/wish/2087893790 Download the PDF of the example journal article. usictech https://padlet.com/usictech/edr6cpia16d4nfpe/wish/2087898204 As a group, click on the following link and complete the worksheet:

Group 1

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