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Reading a Technical Paper

Created by Anamika Megwalu and Pooja Baviskar (student)

Welcome to the Reading a Technical Paper Tutorial

This tutorial can be used by both students and instructors. You will find quizzes and activities that go along with each section of the tutorial. The objectives of this tutorial are:

  • To identify the structure of a technical paper and the information included in each section
  • To identify the objectives of reading a technical article prior to reading it
  • To recognize paragraph level indicators of main points
  • To develop vocabularies for margin notes
  • To identify research gaps