A 6-lecture course by teleconference. A condensation is a list of the main points and theme of an article. The value of this course is in learning the process of condensing. To condense, students learn how to analyze passages into their component parts, identify the logical relationships between the parts, and see how the parts integrate into a whole. Once they identify the main points, they practice expressing them exactly and economically.
Homework is assigned so that students can automatize the skills taught.
For more information, click here . Floating abstractions sabotage many people's thinking. To keep concepts firmly connected to the world, concretization is critical. That means giving not just one example, but many, selected to capture the essentials of a given abstraction. In this workshop, we begin with a reliable technique for producing a number of examples, and then learn how to vary them and make them compellingly clear.