from NIST presentation April 8, 2022 by Melissa McCartney:
Primary Scientific Literature in the Classroom: a great idea in theory but how do we assess student learning?

Some tip sheets

How to read and understand a scientific paper.”
<http://violentmetaphors.com/2013/08/25/how-to-read-and-understand-a-scientific-paper-2/>
.pdf version here: How to read and understand a scientific article.pdf-10nm50a

How to read a scientific article“: by Dr. Purugganan and Dr. Hewitt – students like that it helps them look for clue words.

Keshav, S. (2007). How to read a paper. ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, 37(3), 83–84. https://doi.org/10.1145/1273445.1273458

How to (seriously) read a scientific paper – from the folks at Science

reading for graduate students:
especially Sink or swim – use the “SQ3R method: Survey, question, read, recite, review.” I also liked some of these suggestions.
and commit to 3-5 strategies

Additional sources from NIST chat:

Round, J. E., & Campbell, A. M. (2013). Figure Facts: Encouraging Undergraduates to Take a Data-Centered Approach to Reading Primary Literature. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 12(1), 39–46. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.11-07-0057

Overview: How Scientists Read: https://biology.kenyon.edu/Bio_InfoLit/how/index.html

More:

AZK slides for an in-class version of how to read an article using zoom and breakout rooms.

initially Published on: Mar 6, 2014 at 19:21, revised in 2020 and 2022.