Practice question · Sort into groups
Sort each reference by the kind of work it is doing in a project.
Groups: Formal · Thematic · Methodological
- Opposite conclusion
- Adopted photo logs
- Studying edge-work
- Borrowed daily sets
- Disputed account
- Flat-area technique
Hints
- Two of the six are about how the work was made rather than about what it shows.
- Two are about a shared subject and a disagreement over it.
Show the answer
Formal: Flat-area technique, Studying edge-work
Thematic: Opposite conclusion, Disputed account
Methodological: Borrowed daily sets, Adopted photo logs
Why
The methodological column is the one students under-use. Borrowing a way of working commits you to nothing about the result, so it is the safest kind of influence and often the most productive, and it is the only kind that a tutor can see you actually carrying out rather than merely admiring.
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