1. Educational Context
What is the central concern
of the author? The educational
context of an article includes both what piece the authors have addressed and
what it is a piece of (remember the childhood game of telling where we live by
street, city, county, state, nation, continent, planet, solar system, galaxy).
2. Research Design
What method is this
(experimental, quasi-experimental, document analysis, survey, clinical
interview, ethnography, etc.)? Who/what
were subjects/data source? How were
subjects chosen? What variables
were measured? How were variables
measured? Was this a reasonable
design?
3. Findings
The findings are the results
of the measures used, or the results of the observations.
Findings DO NOT include interpretations.
They include statistical results, classroom observations, etc.
4. Conclusions and
Limitations
What do the findings mean?
What do we know now that we didn't know before?
Were conclusions drawn spuriously? Are
we convinced by the data that the author's conclusions make sense? Do you have an alternative explanation of the data that the
authors didn't consider?
5. Implications
What are the implications of
this study for teaching practice, research, and policy?
How does it inform your future project?
Reference the article you selected to review using APA format!
Your research article review will be evaluated using the fist two facets from the Wiggins & McTighe rubric on the Six Facets of Understanding: explanation and interpretation. (Understanding by Design, p. 76). Notice that while the first three sections of your paper must be valid, your chance to provide your mark of excellence comes mainly in sections 4 and 5.
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