1. Educational Context
What is the central concern
of the author? The educational
context of an article includes both what piece the author has 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.
Organization
You should find or construct a schema that helps explain the relationship between the articles referred to in the review. This is not simply an issue of "from big ideas to little," because the review is focused on the specifics of your research topic. Rather, you are to decipher and communicate the logical organization used by the author of the review, and the reasons for this logical organization. (This is not to say that you cannot include "the big idea" to frame your review, only that it is not the focus of this section of the assignment.)
3.
Integration
Discuss the link between the
articles referenced in the review. Compare
and contrast the articles selected by the author. Suggested considerations: Do
the data show the same patterns? If
they agree, how does one study strengthen the conclusions of the others?
If they differ, what are the reasons?
Age/ability/ethnicity/gender of subjects? Varying treatment time?
Problems with the quality of the research in one of the studies?
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 author's conclusions? 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 review of a review article will be evaluated using the last three facets from the Wiggins & McTighe rubric on the Six Facets of Understanding: perspective, empathy, and self-knowledge. (Understanding by Design, p. 77). 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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