Critical reading involves the following stages of understanding:
a. skimming, comprehending, analysis andsynthesis
b. skimming, analysis, synthesising andremembering.
c. skimming, comprehending, synthesising and
informing.
d. skimming, comprehending, analysis and writing.
a
Critical reading involves the following stages of
understanding—skimming (a quick review), comprehending
(reading carefully), analysis (critiquing the study and identifying relevant content) and synthesis (clustering information;
e.g. a literature review).
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