Reading List Audit: Balance, Access and Time
Check that a reading list is manageable and varied.
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Audit a reading list. The list with title, type, length in pages or minutes, week assigned, and availability: [READING_LIST]. The course level and weekly study time: [LEVEL_AND_TIME]. Estimate reading time per week using reading speed assumptions I can change, total by week with the arithmetic, and compare with the study time. Check balance (core versus optional, old versus recent, perspectives), access (library copies, online), and the match to learning outcomes. Make a table with Week, Items, Estimated time, Issue, and Suggestion. Propose a priority marking system (essential, helpful, extension). Do not invent book details. Add a worked reading-time estimate: 40 pages of a dense article at 8 pages an hour is 5 hours, while a 20-page chapter at 15 pages an hour is 1.3 hours, so a week with three such items is about 8 hours against 6 available. Show how to mark one item as essential, one as helpful and one as extension, and give a plan for students without access to a library copy.
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