Chapter 3: Reading and Listening
Key Takeaways
Key Takeaways
- In order to enter a research conversation, we have to actively listen to and engage with what’s already being said in that conversation
- Systematic reading and annotation practices can help us to actively engage with scholarship (and not be intimidated!)
- Scholarly papers often include what is known as a “gap statement.” A gap is something that remains to be done or learned in an area of research.
- Once you identify the gap in the literature, you must tell your audience how you attempt to at least somewhat address in your project this lack of knowledge or understanding. This is called a “gap fill.”
