Critical Analysis of Scholarly Publication
A journal is a scholarly publication containing articles written by researchers, professors and other experts. Journals focus on a specific discipline or field of study. Unlike newspapers and magazines, journals are intended for an academic or technical audience, not general readers.
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Directions:
Please read the assigned article and answer the following questions:
- What were the researchers interested in/What was the purpose of the study?
- What research question(s) were they trying to answer?
- Who participated in their research?
- How was the research conducted? (Describe what the researchers did)
- What did the researchers find? What were the results?
- What conclusions do the researchers make?
- What in the article stood out to you?