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Critique of A Journal Article
Critique of A Journal Article
Format
Name of the authors (including affiliations)
Title of the article
Title of journal, volume and issue number, date, and page numbers
Content
1. Thesis
A thesis is a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research.
clearly state the thesis
2. Methods
What methods did the author use to investigate the topic?
Were the appropriate methods used?
Did the author's approach to supporting the thesis make sense?
Did the author employ the methods correctly?
Have the procedures been presented in enough detail to enable a reader to
duplicate them?
Did you discover any errors in the way the research was conducted?
3. Evidence of thesis support
What evidence did the author present in support of the thesis?
What are the strengths of the evidence?
What are the weaknesses?
How did the author support the thesis?
4. Contribution to the literature
Conduct your own research and include at least five other authors on the subject.
Evaluate the contribution that your selected article makes to a better
understanding of the subject.
5. Recommendations
Summarize your evaluation of the article.
o Is the title of the article appropriate and clear?
o Is the abstract specific, representative of the article, and in the correct
form?
o Is the purpose of the article made clear in the introduction?
o Do you find errors of fact and interpretation?
You can check on this by looking up yourself the references the
author cites.
o Is all of the discussion relevant?