Inspired by this tweet I’ve decided to start my own reading project where I specifically set aside 45 minutes each day to reading academic papers, both in my field for my research and further afield in other areas that interest me (1/n) https://twitter.com/BeAScientist/status/1273329913626411008

I’m looking to explore both contemporary papers as well as seminal work from the past. My plan is to tweet about what I’m reading starting on Monday (2/n)

If anyone wants to join me in this quest, reading your own paper choices, please let me know—I’d be down to keep each other accountable (3/n)

If there’s a paper in your field that’s considered to be “required reading” that will help me understand your corner of the world a bit more, *please* share it with me! (fin)

I noticed a confluence of ideas from a few different projects today. In addition to this reading project, I'm busy completing the Coursera course "Learning How to Learn". https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn/home/welcome /1

@barbaraoakley explains that when learning from worked-through examples it is more important to pay attention to the connections between steps rather than the steps themselves. Asking what other routes you might consider helps solidify your thinking. /2

I realized that in the three-pass approach from "How to Read a Paper" ( http://ccr.sigcomm.org/online/files/p83-keshavA.pdf), the 3rd pass treats the paper as a worked example in this way. By thinking about how one step follows from the previous one, it's possible to get a much deeper understanding. /end

Connecting different chunks of knowledge in two separate parts of the mind is called 'transfer'