Comments on: Monday Master Class: You’re Not Smarter Than a 5th Grader (When it Comes to Starting Your Paper Research) http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/03/03/monday-master-class-youre-not-smarter-than-a-5th-grader-when-it-comes-to-starting-your-paper-research/ Decoding Patterns of Success Mon, 21 May 2012 04:29:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: University Scholar http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/03/03/monday-master-class-youre-not-smarter-than-a-5th-grader-when-it-comes-to-starting-your-paper-research/#comment-4217 University Scholar Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:02:17 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/?p=289#comment-4217 I love wikipedia. I would never use it for a paper, but as a history major I am always reading names that I have never heard of, and wikipedia gives me all the background info I need in a matter of a minute. I love wikipedia. I would never use it for a paper, but as a history major I am always reading names that I have never heard of, and wikipedia gives me all the background info I need in a matter of a minute.

]]> By: Evan Meagher http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/03/03/monday-master-class-youre-not-smarter-than-a-5th-grader-when-it-comes-to-starting-your-paper-research/#comment-4214 Evan Meagher Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:59:34 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/?p=289#comment-4214 I agree 100% with your comments on wikipedia. It's great for becoming familiar with the topic area you're dealing with, on a more general level. If you're writing a history paper about a single person in particular, look up the time period or region they lived in to familiarize yourself with the subject matter. Good tips! I agree 100% with your comments on wikipedia. It’s great for becoming familiar with the topic area you’re dealing with, on a more general level. If you’re writing a history paper about a single person in particular, look up the time period or region they lived in to familiarize yourself with the subject matter. Good tips!

]]> By: Study Hacks http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/03/03/monday-master-class-youre-not-smarter-than-a-5th-grader-when-it-comes-to-starting-your-paper-research/#comment-4206 Study Hacks Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:33:36 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/?p=289#comment-4206 @Amy: Excellent. I recently read "A Very Short Introduction to Post-Modernism" to help me get through some readings in a seminar I'm taking this semester. @Amy:

Excellent. I recently read “A Very Short Introduction to Post-Modernism” to help me get through some readings in a seminar I’m taking this semester.

]]> By: Amy http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/03/03/monday-master-class-youre-not-smarter-than-a-5th-grader-when-it-comes-to-starting-your-paper-research/#comment-4203 Amy Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:09:34 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/?p=289#comment-4203 With this idea in mind, I have purchased a couple of junior high/high school science textbooks to give me a little bit simpler definitions for some of the things I study. I bought them for very cheap off of Amazon, and I like having them around for the complicated things that I might study. With this idea in mind, I have purchased a couple of junior high/high school science textbooks to give me a little bit simpler definitions for some of the things I study. I bought them for very cheap off of Amazon, and I like having them around for the complicated things that I might study.

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