Reference no: EM132801079
Article critique Template
Article - Developing a scale for using Facebook as a learning tool by Mehmet Demir
Summary
Looking at the paper as a complete work
What is the paper about?
Who is the paper aimed at?
Why was the research undertaken?
Comment on strengths and weaknesses
Introduction
Comment on this part of the paper, think about the quality of the introduction.
Methods used in introduction eg Funnel method?
You may want to comment on school of thought
Does the author show what school of thought they have adopted?
Methods
What methods are used in the study?
Theoretical approach used (inductive, deductive)
Critique data collection and sampling design.
What could be improved?
Results
Critique analysis of data and how data is displayed.
Suggest alternative ways to display data - you can show this with a graph or table.
Are the results easy to understand?
Look at the research aim/question/hypothesis - do the results fit?
Critique section
Discussion
How has the discussion been written, what methods have been used?
Do the authors discuss any other literature here?
Have they compared the results in this article to any other results?
Do the results evidence any particular school of thought?
Discuss limitations, further research and comment on anything that would have improved this section.
Conclusion
Is the conclusion in line with the results and the aims of the study?
Reference and citations
When thinking about the article references look at:
Quality
Relevance
Date
Impression of the reviewer (student)
Evaluate the paper use positive and negative points about the paper. Please suggest improvements when being critical
Look at strength, weaknesses, writing style, length, value etc
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