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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
