Part 1/Appendix C: You will upload two
peer-reviewed empirical journal articles from an APA or ACA journal (see list)
that have been published within the past year. These two peer-reviewed empirical
articles must be topically related to one another. In addition, you will write
a review of each article, as if you were reviewing for the journal editor. To
do this, please complete the worksheet, in Appendix C. You just present a brief
summary of the purpose of the study, the research question(s) posed or
hypotheses, the sample collected, the measures, and the major findings from the
study. Afterward, you will then provide a numbered list of limitations of the
article. You should be able to find all of this information in the text of the
article.
Part 2: You will write a critical
review that synthesizes your reactions to the two articles. Your paper must be
APA style (e.g., title page, no abstract, double-spaced, reference page). The
paper should be 800-1000 words. Please use the following organization. The
first section should include a general summary of the studies conducted
(between 200-400 words).
The second section should involve your critical analysis of
the articles (less than 600-800 words). Identify and defend the article that
makes the strongest argument and will have the more significant impact on the
topic/population it is written about. Integrate information from your course
into the critique of the article. You might discuss the practical significance
of the research.
The third section will involve your suggestions for future
research in this area, based on what you have learned in your course. This
should not be a summary of what the authors suggested as recommendations for
future research, but rather, your own personal suggestions for future research
based on the reported findings.
Please use headings in alignment with APA style (i.e.,
Summary, Analysis, Suggestions for Future Research). The paper will be graded
based on the quality of content and alignment with APA style. Each article may earn up to four credits toward your
research requirement. You must turn in both
your summary/analysis of the article and a PDF of the article (or link to the
article if a PDF is not available) when you submit your work for this
alternative. Be sure to write your paper in your own words! Using actual
phrases from the article without quotes is plagiarism. Paraphrasing sentences
(e.g., substituting words here and there) is also plagiarism. Using the
authors’ ideas without providing credit is also plagiarism. You also may not plagiarize
your own work from another course. Any plagiarism will result in zero credit
for the assignment.