Content

• Appropriate article selection (scholarly and/or empirical); recent (last ten years).

• Brief overview of the article is provided; the thesis of the article is clearly stated.

• A description of the research problem is provided.

• Research methods used to study the problem are discussed and critiqued in detail.

• The authors' conclusions and recommendations are provided.

• Contributions to the literature are discussed in detail along with a brief discussion of conclusions/recommendations.

The critique addresses the following questions:

• What methods did the author use to investigate the topic?

• Were the appropriate methods used?

• Did the author's approach to supporting the thesis make sense?

• Did the author employ the methods correctly?

• Did you discover any errors in the way the research was conducted?