Studying Other's Knowledge

•An expert
•An experienced person
•A professional knowledge gives evidence to logic (connected evidence)

Thus we study evidence to prove or disprove our logic (analyze, evaluate)

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Statements & Evidence
·Justification
·Clarity
·Unbiased
·Relevant
·Complex
·Fundamental
·Evidence
·Assumptions
·Inferences
·Justifiable conclusions

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Studying Textbooks’ Knowledge:

1.All textbooks are organized by statements and evidence within them.
2.Diagram the systems of statements and evidence to help you begin to analyze and evaluate them.
3.Notice yourself naming, identifying, connecting, distinguishing, and explaining things using statements and evidence. 
4.Organize the technical vocabulary used in the statements and evidence.
5.Create a glossary of the most important statements, evidence, concepts and knowledge you learn in each subject you study. 
6.Test yourself by trying to explain key statements and evidence in non-technical language. 
7.All statements and evidence must be understood in relation to contrasting statements and evidence.

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8.All groups of statements and evidence must be understood as part of further such clusters. Take any important statement you learn; name the statements that cluster around it. 
9.At the beginning of any reading, try making a list of at least 25 statements of the subject you want to learn. To do this you might read an introductory chapter from the textbook or an article on the subject from an encyclopedia. Then explain the list of statements and evidence someone.
10.As the reading proceeds, add new statements to the list and underline those statements you are confident you can explain. Regularly translate chapter and section titles from the textbook into ideas. In addition, look for key statements in every book you read.











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