3Articles review and critique

Length

minimum of 8 pages, maximum of 10 pages (excluding bibliography and supporting figures in page count)

Voice

tone and style appropriate to audience; paper displays control, variety and complexity of prose; written in a professional manner; uses clear transitions that connect sentences and paragraphs; each paragraph has a topic sentence (typically the first sentence of each paragraph); entirely written in past tense

Sections

Clear sections, including an introduction and Conclusion; subheadings that help reader follow organization (eg Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion of the evaluated articles; Introduction, Analysis and Conclusion for your paper); set apart from other text through an increase in font and bolding

US English use

proper grammar and punctuation, no noticeable errors

Nuts&Bolts

1 inch margins on all side; 12pt Arial font; double spaced; left-justified

Content

Introduction

Opening

Citation

cites each analyzed article completely and set off with bullet points and thereafter refers to each article by first author's last name and publication year; at least one supporting reference used

Summary

summarizes the 3 analyzed articles: author's purpose; major methods used to accomplish purpose; what evidence obtained in support of author's objectives; interpretation of results

Body, Analysis

Overall

follows the structure of the journal articles; evaluates each section of the article; highlight strengths and weakness of each section; evaluates each section thoroughly according to the points below; compares and contrasts articles to one another

Introduction

title of article appropriate; abstract statement of purpose and introduction of paper match; objectives/hypotheses of studies given; is the information given logically so that it builds to the stated objectives/hypotheses; compares and contrasts articles to one another

Methods

methods valid; enough detail given that could be repeated; are there flaws (sample selection, experimental design); flow logical and details pertinent; compares and contrasts articles to one another

Results

titles/legends of tables and figures accurate; data organization easy to interpret; text complements but does not repeat table/figure information; discrepancies between text and figures/tables; results test objectives/hypotheses;; compares and contrasts articles to one another

Discussion

discussion not a repeat of results; interpretation logical given results; shortcomings of research discussed; interpretation supported by other cited research; key studies considered; other studies/directions suggested; compares and contrasts articles to one another

Overview

discusses if the abstract accurately summarize article, structure of reviwed articles appropriate and divided logically; stylistic concerns; compares and contrasts articles to one another

Conclusion

Summary

sums up the strengths and weaknesses of each article; compares and contrasts articles to one another

Significance

establishes practical and theoretical significance of body of work; has your chosen article been cited by others; did your articles spark other researches hypotheses or questions; are there any practical applications; implication (social, political, technological, medical) to the research; cites at least one other supporting reference (unique from introduction)

LIterature cited

Format

one journal format chosen and used throughout in bibliography and in-text citations

Subject

Chosen articles were all on the same topic; topic was specific enough so that an analysis was possible

Citation

Each reference was used and cited correctly within the body of the paper; three focal references were analyzed; at least 5 references used

quantity

minimum of 5, 1 unique to intro, 1 unique to discussion and 3 crtically reviewed