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Brain Training to Improve your Reading Skills
Course Introduction
Course Introduction (5:54)
Week 1: Lecture 1
Part 1: Reading as a skill (16:50)
Part 2: Extensive reading (20:58)
Part 3: Academic reading (20:58)
Week 1: Reading Task 1
Reading Task 1
Week 1: Lecture 2
Part 1: The impact of reading strategies (34:01)
Part 2: Working memory (25:29)
Week 1: Reading Task 2
Reading Task 2 Exercises
Niamh's Review
Week 2: Lecture 1
Part 1: How we learn (24:23)
Part 2: The impact of reading on writing skills (19:17)
Part 3: Techniques to improve your thinking and memory (12:08)
Week 2: Reading Task 1
Instructions
Reading Task
Week 2: Lecture 2
Part 1: Making decisions (15:47)
Part 2: System 1 and System 2 (37:00)
Week 2: Reading Task 2
Instructions
Reading Task
Week 3: Lecture 1
Part 1: What impacts our thoughts (24:15)
Part 2: The exposure effect (12:31)
Part 3: Paper clip strategy (9:12)
Week 3: Reading Task 1
Instructions
Reading Task
Week 3: Lecture 2
Part 1: The student's curse (19:12)
Part 2: Goal-setting (14:07)
Part 3: Chunking (13:20)
Week 3: Reading Task 2
Instructions
Article 1
Article 2
Week 4: Lecture 1
Part 1: While-reading in exams (24:59)
Part 2: While-reading for learning (9:59)
Part 3: Critical reading (9:42)
Week 4: Reading Task 1
Instructions
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
Week 4: Lecture 2
Part 1: While-reading for learning (23:11)
Part 2: Finding key information (12:30)
Part 3: While-reading for research (14:41)
Week 4: Reading Task 2
Instructions
Article
Week 5: Lecture 1
Part 1: Measuring learning (15:23)
Part 2: The importance of testing (29:54)
Part 3: Memory techniques (11:14)
Week 5: Reading Task
Instructions
Article
Week 5: Lecture 2
Part 1: Self-assessment (28:39)
Part 2: Memory techniques (17:31)
Part 3: Making connections (8:44)
Part 4: Cognitive ease (6:52)
Part 4: Cognitive ease
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