Research review

Please specify the type of research (e.g., quantitative, qualitative, meta-analysis) and research design, if applicable (e.g., correlational design, causal comparative design, phenomenology).

If the article is quantitative, identify the independent and dependent variables. If the article is qualitative, identify the phenomenon/phenomena.

State the Research Question(s) and/or Hypothesis(es).

Example: There is no stated hypothesis. 2 research questions are proposed: (a) “What is the relationship between the sense of community and student learning?” and (b) “Do the sense of community and learning differ by culture in an asynchronous learning network (ALN) environment?” It is implied that the researchers believe that culture will influence the students’ sense of community and learning. It is implied that there will be an achievement gap between African-American students and Caucasian students participating in online courses.

Briefly describe the sample and sampling type. Include the number of participants. Also consider including race and gender.

Example: The subjects were 108 educators (96 females, 12 males; 40 African Americans, 64 Caucasians, 4 others) enrolled in an online Doctor of Education program. The convenience sample was taken from 4 course sections, which had a 96% volunteer rate.

Instruments:

Identify the measuring instrument and reliability and validity of the instrument, if discussed.

Example: The Classroom Community Scale (CCS; Rovai, 2002) was used to measure social community (connectedness) and learning community (learning and satisfaction). As purported, the CCS has high construct validity.

Results and Conclusions/Primary Findings:

State major results and conclusions.

Example: For the correlational design, the results suggested a positive correlation between all 3 community variables and the 2 learning variables in the ALN environment. Since the findings indicated that there was a weak relationship between perceived learning and course grades, this suggests the learning variables captured 2 different aspects of student learning. In addition, results revealed large variability of classroom community among the students sampled in the 4 course sections. This indicated that individual traits of students may impact feelings about social community. For the causal-comparative, the results revealed that the African-American group scored significantly lower than the Caucasian group on each of the 5 dependent variables. This suggests that there is an achievement gap between African-Americans and Caucasians in graduate ALN programs. This gap also extended to the sense of community.

Identify analysis procedures and any important results you want to remember.

Example: Pearson bivariate correlations for the 5 variables were all significant at the .05 level. Using canonical correlation, the 2 subscales of the Classroom Community Scale and the mean number of messages posted each week to the online courses’ group discussion boards were found to be related significantly (p < .001) to perceived learning and total points earned in the course with both pairs of canonical variates included; with the first pair of canonical variates removed, there was no significance (p =.06). The only significant relationship between the 2 sets of variables existed in the first pair of canonical variates.

Identify the limitations discussed and ones that you identified, especially as they relate to the methodology.

Example: Limitations are discussed. The findings of this study have limited generalizability. The gender and race of the professor, as well as the pedagogy used by that professor, may not be representative of other professors and other settings. Cause and effect relationships were neither studied nor confirmed.

Identify 2–3 quotes that may be useful. Do not forget to include the page number.

Write down ideas that came to mind when you read the article, or identify how this is significant to your study or identify the variable of your study that this is significant to (e.g., this demonstrates the research design I plan to use; explore the instrument used to measure the DV; community).

Identify any resources cited in the article that may be useful to find and read.

Please specify type of research (e.g., quantitative, qualitative, meta-analysis) and research design, if applicable (e.g., correlational design, causal comparative design, phenomenology).

If the article is quantitative, identify the independent and dependent variables. If the article is qualitative, identify the phenomenon/phenomena.

State the Research Question(s) and Hypothesis(es).

Briefly describe the sample and sampling type. Include the number of participants. Also consider including race and gender.

Instruments:

Identify the measuring instrument and reliability and validity of the instrument, if discussed.

Results and Conclusions/Primary Findings

State major results and conclusions.

Identify analysis procedures and any important results you want to remember.

Identify the limitations discussed and ones that you identified, especially as they relate to the methodology.

Identify 2–3 quotes that may be useful. Do not forget to include the page number.

Write down ideas that came to mind when you read the article, or identify how this is significant to your study or identify the variable of your study that this is significant to (e.g., this demonstrates the research design I plan to use; explore the instrument used to measure the DV; community).

Identify any resources cited in the article that may be useful to find and read.

Please specify type of research (e.g., quantitative, qualitative, meta-analysis) and research design, if applicable (e.g., correlational design, causal comparative design, phenomenology).

If the article is quantitative, identify the independent and dependent variables. If the article is qualitative, identify the phenomenon/phenomena.

State the Research Question(s) and Hypothesis(es).

Briefly describe the sample and sampling type. Include the number of participants. Also consider including race and gender.

Instruments:

Identify the measuring instrument and reliability and validity of the instrument, if discussed.

Results and Conclusions/Primary Findings

State major results and conclusions.

Identify analysis procedures and any important results you want to remember.

Identify the limitations discussed and ones that you identified, especially as they relate to the methodology.

Identify 2–3 quotes that may be useful. Do not forget to include the page number.

Write down ideas that came to mind when you read the article, or identify how this is significant to your study or identify the variable of your study that this is significant to (e.g., this demonstrates the research design I plan to use; explore the instrument used to measure the DV; community).

Identify any resources cited in the article that may be useful to find and read.

Please specify type of research (e.g., quantitative, qualitative, meta-analysis) and research design, if applicable (e.g., correlational design, causal comparative design, phenomenology).

If the article is quantitative, identify the independent and dependent variables. If the article is qualitative, identify the phenomenon/phenomena.

State the Research Question(s) and Hypothesis(es).

Briefly describe the sample and sampling type. Include the number of participants. Also consider including race and gender.

Instruments:

Identify the measuring instrument and reliability and validity of the instrument, if discussed.

Results and Conclusions/Primary Findings

State major results and conclusions.

Identify analysis procedures and any important results you want to remember.

Identify the limitations discussed and ones that you identified, especially as they relate to the methodology.

Identify 2–3 quotes that may be useful. Do not forget to include the page number.

Write down ideas that came to mind when you read the article, or identify how this is significant to your study or identify the variable of your study that this is significant to (e.g., this demonstrates the research design I plan to use; explore the instrument used to measure the DV; community).

Identify any resources cited in the article that may be useful to find and read.

Please specify type of research (e.g., quantitative, qualitative, meta-analysis) and research design, if applicable (e.g., correlational design, causal comparative design, phenomenology).

If the article is quantitative, identify the independent and dependent variables. If the article is qualitative, identify the phenomenon/phenomena.

State the Research Question(s) and Hypothesis(es).

Briefly describe the sample and sampling type. Include the number of participants. Also consider including race and gender.

Instruments:

Identify the measuring instrument and reliability and validity of the instrument, if discussed.

Results and Conclusions/Primary Findings

State major results and conclusions.

Identify analysis procedures and any important results you want to remember.

Identify the limitations discussed and ones that you identified, especially as they relate to the methodology.

Identify 2–3 quotes that may be useful. Do not forget to include the page number.

Write down ideas that came to mind when you read the article, or identify how this is significant to your study or identify the variable of your study that this is significant to (e.g., this demonstrates the research design I plan to use; explore the instrument used to measure the DV; community).

Identify any resources cited in the article that may be useful to find and read.