Journal articles are complex, long, and take your time, effort, and energy to read.
Progress in reviewing the literature, understanding academic research, and successfully building your thesis, depends upon your reading confidence and skills
Like reading with a brighter light on!
Reading with more confidence
Made my reading of the article more purposeful
Always me to focus
As a new student or novice researcher, does this sound familiar?
It takes me hours to read a single paper …and sometimes I don’t understand the research!
I become lost in the multiple pages, sections, and subsections of a paper
The complexity and amount of ideas is overwhelming for me
I feel demotivated after unproductive reading sessions where I haven’t made progress
I become confused with academic terminology and research language
I can’t make progress in my literature review due to slow reading
Understand Academic Research
Learn how to understand academic research while you are reading journal articles, by reading to know what is being investigated and why, how + why the research was designed and conducted, and what the contribution from the research was.
Reading confidence and reading skills for your thesis journey
Replace Confusion With Clarity
Read journal articles with confidence by knowing what academic information to expect, where to find it, and what it means. Simplify research and the complexity of journal articles by using an academic “research blueprint” reading tool to help you more easily read, navigate, and understand academic papers.
Stop Wasting Time!
Read with different time limits so you learn how to use reading time by remaining focused on achieving your reading aim. Save time by learning how to get a basic overview of papers in under fifteen minutes, to determine their relevance to your thesis and whether to proceed to read the full papers.
Progress In Your Literature Review
Make progress in your literature review by using your reading confidence and skills: quickly determine the relevance of papers to your thesis; get a comprehensive understanding of a paper; and identify similarities and differences between papers to understand the literature.
Feel More Competent And Confident
With your new reading skills and confidence, you’ll feel more confident in your academic knowledge, in your capability as a researcher, and in your ability to compete an academic thesis.
Hi, I'm Your Instructor, Dr. Ben!
I’ll be your guide for Reading Journal Articles To Build Research Blueprints, one of my Academic Toolkit Thesis Masterclass Courses, where we’ll learn to read journal articles with confidence, so you can save time, understand research in your topic area, and make progress in your literature review and thesis.
I’m the creator of The Research Design Canvas. After struggling with my own research and PhD journey at The University of Cambridge, I created the research design canvas to support the complex process of planning, designing, conducting, and writing research and a thesis.
The research design canvas and my other academic tools have been downloaded by thousands of students across academic disciplines at hundreds of universities around the world, and I have trained students online and in-person, from groups of 3 to 3000, how to use the tools to plan, guide, design, assess, and write their research and make progress in their academic journey.
I look forward to helping you read journal articles with confidence!
Reading with a brighter light on
“It was a great learning experience for me. I am using the tips learned for my scoping review now and enjoying reading the articles! It’s like reading with a brighter light on.”
Naomi, 1st year Phd Student
Exactly what I needed
“I found the process very helpful and exactly what I needed to help me start reading articles for their structure, not just their content.”
Anna, 1st Year PhD Student
Reading of the article more purposeful
“Questions from each of the building blocks 'forced' me to read the article with more intent rather than just mere ‘reading'. Each building block allows me to focus on various components (mining or fishing for relevant information from the article to answer the questions) of the research project being reported. It made my reading of the article more purposeful.”
Helena, 1st Year PhD Student
Greatly enhances
“The canvas is a very useful academic signposting tool that greatly enhances a doctoral student’s ability to deconstruct a paper and use that to map out the thesis journey.”
Anthony, 1st Year PhD Student
Take the confusion, frustration, and time out of reading journal articles…
START THE RESEARCH MASTERCLASS
Watch 15 on-demand videos with Dr. Ben, the creator of The Research Design Canvas, as your guide. Follow step-by-step instructions to easily learn as you watch. Pause and re-watch videos to clarify your understanding if necessary.
DEVELOP READING SKILLS, BOOST CONFIDENCE, SAVE TIME
Read journal articles more efficiently, more systematically, and more purposefully, to reduce confusion and wasted time, and avoid getting lost, stuck, or sidetracked in papers.
PROGRESS IN YOUR RESEARCH JOURNEY
Utilize your new academic reading skills to make quicker progress in your literature review, to understand academic research in your topic area, and build your thesis.
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FAQ
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No, there is no coursebook or research text to read as it’s a fully video-based masterclass. The only reading in the course is the three journal articles you will read from your research topic area.
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You’ll learn to read with more focus by knowing exactly what information you are going to find and where to find it in the sections of journal articles. You’ll learn three ways of reading with 3 different time limits, to help you read more quickly but also more efficiently, systematically, and purposefully.
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The instructional videos give step-by-step guidance, which you can pause and re-watch to easily understand. You’ll reduce the complexity of academic research, language and terminology, by using the research blueprint as an academic reading tool. You’ll practice reading journal articles in three different ways, to give you more confidence to read and understand the research being reported.
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In addition to the 105 mins of instructional videos, all time will be spent reading journal articles in your topic area. You’ll practice reading in three different ways with a reading time limit, so you can focus and utilize time when reading.
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You’ll read three journals in three different ways, for an approximate total reading time of 495 mins.
There are 15 course videos, with a total watch time of 105 mins.
That’s 600 mins or 10 hours.
If you re-watch half of the videos and add in an hour of thinking time, that’s 12 hours in total.
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There will be lots of reading left in your journey, as you update your literature review and write your thesis chapters. You’ll boost your reading skills, reading confidence, and reading productivity to help you progress in your journey to final draft and submission.
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If you’ve just started your academic career, you’ll know that your research and reading time are precious. By learning to read journal articles efficiently and productively, you’ll ensure you don’t fall behind in your research when balancing them with teaching and academic duties.
6 Research Blueprints Of Important Academic Decisions
Use the research blueprints as academic reading tools to help you identify and understand important decisions in journal articles
Use the research blueprints as academic design tools to guide you when making the decisions and building your own thesis
The Ultimate Course-End Bonus? - Personalized Academic Design Tools
Blueprints of completed research investigations in your topic area
See possibilities, explore, make and justify decisions in your research
Support when designing and building your own thesis
Ready To Start Reading Journal Articles With Confidence?
Begin the masterclass to efficiently read journal articles, understand research in your topic area, and make progress in your thesis.
