NOTE: Academic journal articles may be obtained from
electronic journals found on the internet or from traditional library sources.
2. Each student should have her/his selected article
approved by the instructor.
3. Read the article.
4. Write a critique of the article selected. The
guidelines and grading rubric are shown below.
General Guidelines:
Writing 20%
• Paper meets APA/Graduate School standards.
• Paper is organized; each paragraph flows logically into the
next paragraph.
• Appropriate terminology it used; writing is clear and
concise.
• Proper spelling and grammar is used; sentences are properly
constructed.
Content 80%
• Appropriate article selection (scholarly and/or empirical);
recent (last ten years).
• Brief overview of the article is provided; the thesis of
the article is clearly stated.
• A description of the research problem is provided.
• Research methods used to study the problem are discussed
and critiqued in detail.
• The authors’ conclusions and recommendations are provided.
• Contributions to the literature are discussed in detail
along with a brief discussion of conclusions/recommendations.
• The critique addresses the following questions: What
methods did the author use to investigate the topic? Were the appropriate
methods used? Did the author's approach to supporting the thesis make
sense? Did the author employ the methods correctly? Did you
discover any errors in the way the research was conducted?