Economy of Uzbekistan

Date: June 26, 2017Author: mapolytrends0 Comments
Course information can be delivered through a variety of formats:

Stahl, et al (1998) found that using multiple-text sources can only be effective if we are taught to use them properly. As beginners, we tend to be more consistent in what information we select from short, well-constructed texts. Longer, less structured documents tend to be more confusing.
Text books

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  provide a foundation of facts and viewpoints to provide an overview
  
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  sequence information and facts to understand issues
  
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  create a context for comparing and understanding other sources
  
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  are written in a neutral, objective tone
  

Problems with a single text
for a subject or course include:

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  information is often “academic”
  lacking the drama of real life experience, adventure, and experimentation
  
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  bias is hidden or concealed
  ignoring competing facts, priorities, minority viewpoints
  
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  a single interpretation limits how reported facts are prioritized/sequenced
  restricting viewpoint (Euro/Caucasian) or subject testing (white male)
  
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  original/eyewitness sources of information are secondary to interpretative accounts
  

Additional readings and alternative sources
of information can assist you to

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  create a richer understanding
  with additional information and perspective
  
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  interact or engage with facts, actors, circumstances
  of the material
  
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  practice and familiarize
  yourself with new subject vocabulary and concepts
  
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  process opposing, even conflicting,
  points of view in order to assess, evaluate, defend
  

Conflicting information however can impede your learning,
unless you can

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