1 Review of Literature: Article Summary and Brief Critical Response Assignment Goals:

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Review of Literature: Article Summary and Brief Critical Response

Assignment Goals:

to become a critical reader of scientific research

demonstrate the ability to locate and review a current literature article on course-related pathology and create a typed summary

Audience:

a college professor who has solicited your help in deciding whether or not this article should be included in a required reading list for a Research Methods course

Due Date: (shown in current syllabus)

PART 1: Submit a copy of your proposed article for instructor approval

PART 2: upload your summary assignment via Canvas

Assignment Description:

Use the online catalog (http://www.bpcc.edu/bpcclibrary/) to find an abstract for a short journal article about an Anatomy and Physiology course-related pathology. Print the abstract and the article. If the article cannot be downloaded, you will need to locate it in the library and photocopy it.

If you need help, you may contact the Learning Commons at refdesk@bpcc.edu. The BPCC library is a great place to start and it is located in Building A. The Writing Resource Center is also available for assistance at 318-678-6219.

Bossier Parish Community College Library
Building A
6220 East Texas Street
Bossier City, LA 71111
Phone: (318) 678-6042
Email: refdesk@bpcc.edu

Write the summary.

After reading the abstract and the article, summarize the main idea of the article in three sentences or less. A summary should communicate to your audience what the article is generally about, and it answers the question, “What is the significance of this study?” A summary does not include a personal opinion or critique, and it must be in your own words.

Critique the method described in the article. Name at least 2 things the researchers could have done differently in order to improve the study, and explain why you think these changes would have been improvements.

Recommend that the article be included or omitted from the professor’s required reading list, and explain your position. Do you believe this article has educational value? Does it merit inclusion on a required reading list in a Human Anatomy and Physiology course? Why or why not?

Format your paper using basic elements of APA style.

Create an APA style title page for your paper. The title of your paper, “Article Summary and Critique,” will appear on your title page as well as at the top of page 2. You should create an appropriate page header and running head. Your page header will appear at the top right corner of every page, including the title page and reference page, and it should look identical on each page except for the page number.

DON’T FORGET to include Title page

See examples:

Create an APA style reference page for your paper. The reference page will include the page header in the upper right corner, the word “References” centered at the top of the paper (under the page header), and then one reference (the article you read).

Within the text of your paper, appropriately acknowledge your source by citing (referring to) the original article. For this paper, include one in-text citation at the beginning of the paper. APA style citations include the names of the authors in the order that they appear on the article, followed by the year of publication. Follow this guide for doing the citation:

If your article has one author, do it like this:

Anderson (2006) conducted a study in which…

If your article has two authors, do it like this:

Anderson and Tarpley (2007) conducted a study investigating the effects of…

If your article has three, four, or five authors, do it like this:

Anderson, Tarpley, Stewart, and Gingerich (1997) investigated the relationship between…

If your article has six or more authors, do it like this:

Anderson et al. (2002) tested the hypothesis that musical aptitude would be positively correlated with…

Important: There are other ways to do in-text citations in APA and to use direct. For this paper, just include one citation in the manner described above, and do not include any direct quotes. As always, be careful not to plagiarize!

Also, please remember that everything in APA style is double-spaced, and indent your paragraphs by five spaces.