Full title of the article, your name, department and university, course number and name,

professor’s name, and due date of assignment

Properly formatted page number

Hard copy of article attached (minus 10 points without article or if article was published

more than 6 years ago)

B. Pages 3-4 Full title of the article (titles 1 – 5 are all level one headings)

1. The Problem (5 points – 1 point for each bullet)

Is the problem clearly stated?

Is the problem practically important?

What is the purpose of the study?

What is the hypothesis?

Are the key terms defined?

2. Review of Literature (5 points – 1 point for each bullet)

Are the cited sources pertinent to the study?

Is the review too broad or too narrow?

Are the references recent?

Are the references thorough enough for the topic of the paper?

What possible evidence of bias exists?

3. Design and procedures (5 points – 1 point for each bullet)

What research design was used (survey, observation, experiment)?

Was it a pilot, replica study, or an original study?

What measurement tools were used? What statistical formulas were employed?

How were the procedures structured?

What are the variables? How was sampling conducted?

4. Data Analysis and presentation (8 points – 2 points for each bullet)

How were data analyzed?

Were data qualitative or quantitative?

Did findings support the hypothesis and purpose?

Were weaknesses and problems discussed?

5. Conclusions and Implications (5 points – 1 point for each bullet)

Are the conclusions of the study related to the original purpose?

Address the credibility of the authors or principal investigators.

Were the implications discussed? Whom will the results and conclusions affect?

What recommendations were made at the conclusion?

6. Overall Assessment (5 points – holistic assessment)

What is your overall assessment of the study’s value and significance?

What did you learn?