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Article Summaries

You are require to summarize one article that you are using, within the field of psychology, for your final paper. This article will be based off of the topic that you have chosen at the beginning of the semester and one of the articles that you used for your annotations assignment. This article should be:

1. Related to your topic

AND

2. Meet the requirements of a quantitative article

In order to effectively write a summary of your article, imagine that you are explaining it to someone who has not read it. You do not want to re-write it, but rather mention the important points. This summary is for you to refer back to when writing the final paper, but without having to re-read the entire article again. Discuss the background, methods (including demographics of the sample), and findings. The statistical tests are not as important for this exercise, but it’s helpful to read them and begin familiarizing yourself with them.

The article you are summarizing must be one you plan to use for your paper. Every topic has “seminal articles,” which are considered to be some of the most important articles in the area. Later summaries should be more recent to provide information regarding more recent findings.

Requirements:

· 1½ - 2 pages in length

· APA 6th ed. Style

· No abstract required

· References

· Use past tense – the study has already occurred

Here are some tips for effective summarizing:

· Take notes as you read. It may be helpful to read it through all the way once, then take notes during the second reading. This limits the amount of repetition of information. Plus, the more times you read it, the better your understanding.

· The Article Summary Worksheet is helpful in taking notes because it helps organize your thinking. (Available on Blackboard)

· DO NOT QUOTE. This means not to reproduce what the authors wrote word-for-word when taking notes. Here you should practice paraphrasing. If you do this, you not only will avoid plagiarism, but being able to effectively paraphrase is a sure sign that you understand the article.

· If something in the article is not clear, ASK I’m here to help.

Article Summary Grading Rubric

In each section, you are allowed 2 mistakes before points are deducted for each error. This can also serve as a checklist for you before submitting your work. I will refer to the type of error in the comments in the paper.

1. APA Style: (17 points) Comments

Title Page: (1 pt each)

______ Separate page

______ Bolded Title

______ Proper Student Title Page Elements

Citation: (3 pts each)

______ In-text (referring to the article title is not considered a citation)

Reference Page (1 pt each)

______ Page Title

______ Alphabetical Order

______ Proper Formatting of References

______ Indentation of References

Body: (1 pt each)

______ Flush Left Text

______ Page numbers

______ Title

______ Margins

______ Font

______ Page Length

______ In-text headings

2. Grammar & Mechanics (16 points- 2 pts each) )

______ Paraphrasing

______ Contractions/Personal Pronouns

______ Slang/Empty Phrases/Wordiness

______ Spelling

______ Punctuation

______ Clarity of Prose (basic grammar errors)

______ Run-on and fragments

______ Organization

3. Summary (17 points)

______ Introduce the topic (4 pts)

______ Discuss Previous Findings (2 pts)

______ Methods (4 pts)

______ Authors’ conclusions (3 pts)

______ Limitations (2 pts)

______ Future directions (2 pts)

ARTICLE SUMMARIES

You are require to summari

one article that you are using,

within the field of psychology

, for your

final

paper

This

article

will be based off of the topic that you have chosen at the beginning of the semester

and

one of the articles that you used for your annotations

assignment

This article should be:

elated to your topic

AND

Meet the requirements of a quantitative article

In order to effectively write a summary of your article, imagine that you are explaining it to someone who

has not read it. You do not want to re

ite it, but rather mention the important points. This summary is for

you to refer back to when writing the final paper, but without having to re

read the entire article again.

Discuss the background, methods (including demographics of the sample), and fin

dings. The statistical tests

are not as important for this exercise, but it’s helpful to read them and begin familiarizing yourself with them.

The article you are summarizing must be one you plan to use for your paper.

Every topic has

“seminal articles,” which are considered to be some of the most important articles in the area. Later summaries

should be more recent to provide information regarding more recent findings.

Requi

rements:

1½

2 pages in length

APA 6

ed. Style

No abstract required

References

Use past tense

–

the study has already occurred

Here are some tips for effective summarizing:

Take notes as you read. It may be helpful to read it through all the way onc

e, then take notes during

the second reading. This limits the amount of repetition of information. Plus, the more times you read

it, the better your understanding.

The Article Summary Worksheet is helpful in taking notes because it helps organize your thin

king.

(Available on Blackboard)

DO NOT QUOTE. This means not to reproduce what the authors wrote word

for

word when taking

notes. Here you should practice paraphrasing. If you do this, you not only will avoid plagiarism, but

being able to effectively parap

hrase is a sure sign that you understand the article.

If something in the article is not clear, ASK I’m here to help.

ARTICLE SUMMARIES

You are require to summarize one article that you are using, within the field of psychology, for your

final paper. This article will be based off of the topic that you have chosen at the beginning of the semester and

one of the articles that you used for your annotations assignment. This article should be:

1. Related to your topic

AND

2. Meet the requirements of a quantitative article

In order to effectively write a summary of your article, imagine that you are explaining it to someone who

has not read it. You do not want to re-write it, but rather mention the important points. This summary is for

you to refer back to when writing the final paper, but without having to re-read the entire article again.

Discuss the background, methods (including demographics of the sample), and findings. The statistical tests

are not as important for this exercise, but it’s helpful to read them and begin familiarizing yourself with them.

The article you are summarizing must be one you plan to use for your paper. Every topic has

“seminal articles,” which are considered to be some of the most important articles in the area. Later summaries

should be more recent to provide information regarding more recent findings.

Requirements:

- 1½ - 2 pages in length

- APA 6

ed. Style

- No abstract required

- References

- Use past tense – the study has already occurred

Here are some tips for effective summarizing:

- Take notes as you read. It may be helpful to read it through all the way once, then take notes during

the second reading. This limits the amount of repetition of information. Plus, the more times you read

it, the better your understanding.

- The Article Summary Worksheet is helpful in taking notes because it helps organize your thinking.

(Available on Blackboard)

- DO NOT QUOTE. This means not to reproduce what the authors wrote word-for-word when taking

notes. Here you should practice paraphrasing. If you do this, you not only will avoid plagiarism, but

being able to effectively paraphrase is a sure sign that you understand the article.

- If something in the article is not clear, ASK I’m here to help.