Synthesizing Information From Multiple Sources

• In order for us to benefit more from reading, we should only select the information that is essential
• TO DO THIS, WE MUST MAKE SURE IF IT IS:

  • Factual
  • Accurate
  • Reliable
• Synthesizing can help as advance our reading comprehension

  True
• Summary


  Came from the Latin word "summa" which means "totality, whole, gist"
• Summary


  It means giving an overview of the text's main points. It is more on retelling details and usually shorter than the original one. It answers the question: "What is the topic all about?"
• Conclusion


  Means a reasoned judgement or inference. An afterward that contains the essence of somethings; it is achieved after considering all the important points. It wraps up the main points. It answers the question, "So what?"
• Synthesis


  Comes from the Greek word "syntithenai", syn means together and tithenai means to put or to pieces
• Synthesis


  Putting ideas and findings from multiple sources together in order to make an overall and new idea
• AN ADVANCED TECHNIQUE REQUIRES:

  • New understanding - something not considered before
  • Deeper understanding - become more responsive or appreciative of an idea
  • Changed Understanding - resulted to opposite or alternate perspective
• Synthesizing


  Putting different ideas together to come up with a new, bigger idea. an ongoing process of where new knowledge , experiences, opinions add-up, blend and fit together to create a new understanding.
• Summarize


  To shorten a text by writing the main points
• Paraphrase


  To put a passage from the source material into your own words
• Analyze


  To break complex topic into smaller parts
• Infer


  To use observation and background to reach a logical conclusion
• RES METHOD:


  R - Read two different sources

  E - edit notes and put together similar concepts

  S - synthesize by combining notes with what you already know
• Print Sources


  Books, newspapers, acade3mic and trade journals, government reports and legal documents, press releases and advertising, flyers, pamphets, and leaflets.
• Digital and Electronic Sources

  Multimedia, websites, blogs, and personal websites. (anything online)