NUGSE Academic English Resources: Researching (reading, notetaking, critical thinking)

Scholarly writing depends on logical argumentation, and understanding common logical fallacies (or errors) can help students both avoid weak writing and spot writing that purposely uses fallacies to mislead. By identifying and avoiding fallacies like the straw man (like a scarecrow), red herring (that’s a fish), slippery slope (sliding down hill and can’t stop), and bandwagon (get on a ride with everyone else), students will read, write, and argue with sound logic.

This video contains more information about logical fallacies with specific examples

This webinar with the GSE instructor Alfred Burns on the topic of outlining as a critical reading and writing strategy

During research and literature reviews, scholars often gather and interpret an enormous amount of data, information and sources. This presentation presents a contextual organizational system that researchers can adopt and utilize to effectively manage and later easily retrieve their data, thus saving time and making the research process more manageable and rewarding.