Week 3 Disc. 1

POST 1

Class,

· Explain what makes your scholarly source an authority for your Wikipedia stub article subtopics.

The article I chose for my stub article can be considered an authority based on the information provided. My article was published by Vytautas Magnus University, which is a public university in Kaunas, Lithuania. Another piece to consider is the authors of my source, which are Badrud Tamam, Aloysius Duran Corebima, Siti Zubaidah, and Endang Endang Suarsini. All of the authors are involved with a university, whether as a professor, lecturer or researcher. This information shows that my source should not discredit my research. 

· Explain how the information from the article is relevant to your subtopics. Include specific details from the article that would demonstrate relevance.

I will be writing about day schools, and one of the subtopics I chose is the difference in school performance between urban and rural areas. This article goes into detail about why and how rural schools perform at the same level or even better than urban schools. The article mentions that rural schools (based on prior observations) perform better than urban schools. Though multiple studies have been conducted, some have obtained different results. These studies led researchers to believe that urban students have better critical thinking than rural schools (Tamam et al., 2021). 

· Discuss the overall strength of the article. Is it appropriate for your subtopics based on your evaluation? If your article is not appropriate, explain what your next step will be.

I feel the strength of the article is good based on the information I have read. My only concern is that the article is written from the view of a different country, and I am not sure if that will be a problem or not. This is my one genuine concern as some of the other articles I have saved are based out of the U.S. My next step would be to continue looking for articles that correlate better with my further research. 

· Describe how using the selected reading strategy impacted the reading of your article and what adjustments you might make to increase your efficiency in the future.

I enjoyed using the reading strategy for my article reading. It helped me search faster than I had before by showing me the right places to look for information related to my research. I think for the future, I would like to slow down my reading just a bit. I found myself often reading/ skimming too fast and felt I had to go back because I forgot what I had just read! Overall, the reading method helped tremendously. 

POST 2

· Explain what makes your scholarly source authority for your Wikipedia stub article subtopics.

 My article covers the subject in encyclopedic detail. Additionally, it provides a general guide for dealing with the stub I chose as well as more specialized material. 

· Explain how the information from the article is relevant to your subtopics. Include specific information from the article that would demonstrate relevance.

My choice of this article was based on the purpose for which it was written. I wanted to make sure my scholarly source was organized and focused. I wanted an article with pictures and content that would catch my attention for my popular source. 

· Discuss the overall strength of the article. Is it appropriate for your subtopics based on your evaluation? If your article is not appropriate, explain what your next step will be.

As a whole, my article was strong because it described in a very detailed manner what the researcher did, with whom, and for how long. As a result, I was never suspicious because I could follow what they did and did not have to guess at any details. Based on my evaluation, it was appropriate for my subtopics.

· Describe how using the selected reading strategy impacted the reading of your article, and what adjustments you might make to increase your efficiency in the future.

 Reading articles using the reading strategy was enjoyable. Finding the right places to look for information related to my research helped me out a lot. Some documents I read are supposed to be useful, but I do not find anything relevant, or I find I have to reread them multiple times before I understand them. But by using the reading strategy, I am gaining control over the reading process.