Guideline for Article Review
Outline of the Article Review
Please include the following categories in your article review. 1. Full Bibliographic Reference (-3 if missing) 2. Introduction: Objectives, Article Domain, Audience, Journal and Conceptual/Emprical Classification (8) 3. Very Brief Summary (4) 4. Results (8) 5. Class Readings (4) 6. Contributions (8) 7. Foundation (4) 8. Synthesis with Class Materials (12 +8 extra credit) 9. Analysis & Additional Analysis (4 +8 extra credit) 10. General Critique (10 + 6 extra credit) 11. Further Critique of a Conceptual Article -or- (12) Further Critique of an Empirical Article (12+2 extra credit) 12. Issues (listed by the author) (6+3 extra credit) 13. Issues (in your opinion) (6+6 extra credit) 14. Impact (9) 15. Questions (6) 16. Annotated Bibliography (-5 if missing) 17. Citation Analysis Appendix (6)
In addition, you can lose points if your review is too short or poorly edited. See the Grading Notes section above.
1. Full Bibliographic Reference
State the full bibliographic reference for the article you are reviewing (authors, title, journal name, volume, issue, year, page numbers, etc.) Important: this is not the bibliography listed at the end of the article, rather the citation of the article itself!
Grading: -3 if missing
2. Introduction: Objectives, Article Domain, Audience, Journal and Conceptual/Emprical Classification
Note: For the on-line reviews done in some class sections, this category may be broken up into several separate subcategories. For the written review, please discuss all of these subcategories together as follows.
Paragraph 1: State the objectives (goals or purpose) of the article. What is the article 's domain (topic area)?
Paragraph 2: • Audience: State the article 's intended audience. At what level is it written, and what general background should the reader have; what general background materials should the reader be familiar with
Please include the following categories in your article review. 1. Full Bibliographic Reference (-3 if missing) 2. Introduction: Objectives, Article Domain, Audience, Journal and Conceptual/Emprical Classification (8) 3. Very Brief Summary (4) 4. Results (8) 5. Class Readings (4) 6. Contributions (8) 7. Foundation (4) 8. Synthesis with Class Materials (12 +8 extra credit) 9. Analysis & Additional Analysis (4 +8 extra credit) 10. General Critique (10 + 6 extra credit) 11. Further Critique of a Conceptual Article -or- (12) Further Critique of an Empirical Article (12+2 extra credit) 12. Issues (listed by the author) (6+3 extra credit) 13. Issues (in your opinion) (6+6 extra credit) 14. Impact (9) 15. Questions (6) 16. Annotated Bibliography (-5 if missing) 17. Citation Analysis Appendix (6)
In addition, you can lose points if your review is too short or poorly edited. See the Grading Notes section above.
1. Full Bibliographic Reference
State the full bibliographic reference for the article you are reviewing (authors, title, journal name, volume, issue, year, page numbers, etc.) Important: this is not the bibliography listed at the end of the article, rather the citation of the article itself!
Grading: -3 if missing
2. Introduction: Objectives, Article Domain, Audience, Journal and Conceptual/Emprical Classification
Note: For the on-line reviews done in some class sections, this category may be broken up into several separate subcategories. For the written review, please discuss all of these subcategories together as follows.
Paragraph 1: State the objectives (goals or purpose) of the article. What is the article 's domain (topic area)?
Paragraph 2: • Audience: State the article 's intended audience. At what level is it written, and what general background should the reader have; what general background materials should the reader be familiar with
Bibliography: Also, be sure that you have included a bibliographic marker to each (such as [Bieber & Smith, 2001]) in the text of your review.