Assignment
Citation of the article you read (Use APA 6 formatting):
• Abstract/Summary:
o What is the general topic of this study?
o What is the purpose of this study?
o What were the major findings?
o What is the relationship between the findings and the field?
• Introduction
o Is there a sufficient body of knowledge to support this research?
o What data or information will be used to study this topic?
o What is the research question(s) or hypothesis being answered/tested?
o What does the author(s) conclude?
o Are there any words that you need to define prior to reading this study? Write them down here and look them up. They may be defined in the body/background of the study.
• Methods
o How was the data collected? Were there any potential issues/biases?
o Does the author(s) describe the methods in enough detail that you understand how (s)he conducted this study?
• Results
o What does the author believe the analysis shows?
o Are these results related to the pre-existing knowledge in the field? (Does the author make this clear?)
o How is this work significant?
- What does the author say?
- In your own words: How is this work significant or is it?
• Conclusions/Discussion
o What limitations or issues does the author identify?
o What limitation or issues do you believe exist that the author FAILED to identify?
o What does the author finally conclude?
o Do you support this conclusion? Why or why not?
o What suggestions for future study does the author the make?
o Name two future study topics that you believe this research suggests---not necessarily the same ideas as the author?
List 3 citations from this study that you believe are "foundational". In other words, if you were going to study the same topic, list 3 citations that you would find and read. Be sure you list them in APA 6 format. (Some articles are written in other styles so don't simply copy them from the article.)
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