Using E-Book annotations to develop deep reading

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Mark Jensen
Lauren Scharff

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This quick hit describes strategies for modeling and assessing critical reading in an e-textbook environment at the collegiate level over the course of a single semester.  Special attention is devoted to annotation practices associated with critical reading: outlining, connecting, questioning, and objecting.

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Jensen, M., & Scharff, L. (2014). Using E-Book annotations to develop deep reading. Journal of Teaching and Learning With Technology, 3(2), 83–86. https://doi.org/10.14434/jotlt.v3n2.12872
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Mark Jensen, United States Air Force Academy

Associate Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy

Lauren Scharff, United States Air Force Academy

Director, Program for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

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