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Grading Criteria and Writing Guidelines for Academic Articles - Prof. Jonathan Gore, Papers of Psychology

The grading criteria and writing guidelines for academic articles, including elements of an article, things to critique, tone, organization, and clarity. It covers topics such as comprehension, literature review, hypothesis, methodology, ethics, internal and external validity, and surface features.

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Elements of an Article
Introduction
Why they are conducting this research
Previous research on topic (literature review)
Hypothesis
Method
How they collected the data
Participants, Materials, Procedure
Results
Whether their hypothesis was supported or not
Statistical analyses, Tables, Figures
Discussion
Why the results are important (implications)
Limitations of current study, ideas for the future
Grading Criteria
Comprehension
Outline is thorough
Report the results correctly in the critique
Methods
Pointing out problems in the methodology, offering solutions
Using correct terminology when identifying these elements
Integration across the Course
Draw connections between findings and class/book
Some articles will require skipping ahead to later topics
Application and Analysis
Draw connections to other fields and real life
Explanation for how they relate
Interpretation and Evaluation
Making an argument in critique, not summarizing again
Citing specifics in the article
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Elements of an Article

  • Introduction
    • Why they are conducting this research
    • Previous research on topic (literature review)
    • Hypothesis
  • Method
    • How they collected the data
    • Participants, Materials, Procedure
  • Results
    • Whether their hypothesis was supported or not
    • Statistical analyses, Tables, Figures
  • Discussion
    • Why the results are important (implications)
    • Limitations of current study, ideas for the future

Grading Criteria

  • Comprehension
    • Outline is thorough
    • Report the results correctly in the critique
  • Methods
    • Pointing out problems in the methodology, offering solutions
    • Using correct terminology when identifying these elements
  • Integration across the Course
    • Draw connections between findings and class/book
    • Some articles will require skipping ahead to later topics
  • Application and Analysis
    • Draw connections to other fields and real life
    • Explanation for how they relate
  • Interpretation and Evaluation
    • Making an argument in critique, not summarizing again
    • Citing specifics in the article

Things to Critique in Paper

  • Ethics
    • Do the costs outweigh the benefits?
    • Were there any violations of the four ethical elements?
  • Internal Validity
    • How do we know which variable causes the other?
    • Possible confounds
  • External Validity
    • How much can we generalize this finding?
    • Other people, situations, over time?
  • Construct Validity
    • How do we know the measures are accurate?
    • Could the measures be tapping into something else?

Writing Issues

Tone

 Avoid first-person pronouns

 Try not to use “I”, “we”, “our”
 Refer to “the current study” rather than “I”

 Avoid colloquial phrasing

 E.g., “…goes hand in hand with…”

 Avoid cryptic language

 No jargon, say what you mean in English