Using Within-Document Summaries for Selective Reading and Organized Writing
Type of Presentation
Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)
Target Audience
Other
Location
Room 1220 B
Proposal
See presentation description.
Presentation Description
This presentation introduces a document format called QuikScan, a tool for selective reading and organized writing. QuikScan employs multiple within-document summaries that appear typically after a heading, synthesizing the superordinate ideas of each section. Each summary is formatted as numbered list items; the numbers correspond to numbers placed in the body of the document where the summarized ideas are discussed in full. Three studies show that QuikScan facilitates reading comprehension and information navigation, and enables writers to effectively organize their ideas.
Keywords
QuikScan, Selective reading, Organized writing, Within-document summaries, Reading comprehension, Information navigation
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Zhou, Quan, "Using Within-Document Summaries for Selective Reading and Organized Writing" (2010). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 51.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2010/2010/51
Using Within-Document Summaries for Selective Reading and Organized Writing
Room 1220 B
See presentation description.
