Reference no: EM133397159 , Length: 4 Pages
Assignment:
Summary/Critique Paper
A 3 to 4 page summary of an empirical journal article is required. The article you are to use for this assignment is Supplementary Reading #2, which is titled "The Long and Winding Road to Postsecondary Education."
Guiding Questions for Research Article
Introduction
1. According to the author(s), why is the topic important to study? What justification do the authors give for investigating the topic?
2. What is the general purpose (aim) of the study?
3. What specific research question(s) is/are being addressed by the study? What hypotheses are the authors testing (If applicable)?
Method
4. Who participated in the study (age, ethnicity, gender)? How were they recruited?
5. How were each of the constructs/variables assessed?
Results
6. What were the results for each of the questions or hypotheses?
Discussion
7. What general conclusions do the researchers draw from their results?
8. How are the findings explained?
9. What suggestions do the researchers make for future research?
Evaluation
10. What strengths are there to the measures or method? What limitations are there?