There are articles for reading and comparison matrix/outline for completion

Article 1 - Socialization of doctoral students to academic norms by Weidman & Stein (2003)

Article 2 - Developmental networks and learning: Toward an interdisciplinary perspective on identity development during doctoral study by Baker and Lattuca (2010)

Article 3 - Critical thinking distance education and traditional education bt Visser, Visser & Schlosser (2003)Outline

I. Introduction
a) Capture the reader's interest and be specific here and tell me how you will do that
b) Provide context for the paper
1. Introduce the articles' by title, authors, year of publication and purpose
2. Commonalities/shared themes between articles
3. Why is that interesting or important?
c) Include a clear thesis statement - ensure that you actually include your thesis statement!

II. Comparison of Research Questions
a) Commonalities/shared themes between articles' hypotheses and research questions.
Things to address in this section of the paper: What are the research questions and hypotheses asked by the authors? How do they compare to one another? Why might the differences and similarities be important? Number of questions important? Who are they directed towards?

III. Comparison of Literature Reviews
a) Commonalities/shared themes and authors between articles
b) Conclusions that can be drawn from the shared themes
a. Things to address in this section of the paper: What are the main themes of each article's lit review? What do they share in common? What conclusions can you draw from that?

IV. Comparison of Sample Populations
a) Samples for the three articles (If there is no sample, then you want to discuss briefly why)
b) Commonalities/shared themes between articles
Things to address in this section of the paper: Who participated in this study? What is important about the participants? What do the articles have in common?

V. Comparison of Limitations (I recommend using sub-headings in this section)
a) Brief intro to section
b) Author Identified Limitations
c) Non-identified Limitations

VI. Comparison of Results
a) Results for the three articles.
b) Commonalities/shared themes between articles
Things to address in this section of the paper: What are the results of the studies? What conclusions did the authors draw? What commonalities do you see between articles? Why might that be important? What might that mean?

VII. Conclusion
a) What is your conclusion? What conclusions can you draw from their combined research? What is the overall message of the articles? Why is this important?
b) What suggestions might you have for future research, or practical application of this information?