Article Reviews have two parts – a summary (bullets 1-4) and a response (bullets 5-8):
Primary research question or issue being investigated (i.e., main argument) – located in the introduction of the article
Theory (if applicable – see the literature review section) and research methods used (if applicable – see the Data/Methods/Methodology section)
Type of data collected and the strategy for analyzing the data (if applicable) – located in the Data/Methods/Methodology section
One of the major findings or conclusions identified by the author(s) – located in the results or discussion/conclusion section
What stood out to you in this reading? Why do you think that is?
What did you want to know more about? Are there any questions that arose while reading this article?
What other course readings/materials or events did this article bring to mind?
How do the article conclusions consist of knowledge that is valuable in some way?
Grading Criteria: Article summaries are graded on a 100-point scale, using the following criteria:
A paper – meets all of the following: illustrates academic integrity; clearly identifies the authors thesis/main argument; clearly identifies the evidence presented by the author supporting their thesis; clearly identifies how the author got their evidence; provides specific examples of evidence from the reading; makes connection to the reading through a current event, course topic, or own experiences; identifies questions which arose during reading; follows formatting instructions; largely free of spelling and grammatical errors.
B paper – illustrates academic integrity, follows the formatting instructions, contains some grammar/spelling/punctuation errors, and meets all but one of the following criteria: clearly identifies the authors thesis/main argument; clearly identifies the evidence presented by the author supporting their thesis; clearly identifies how the author got their evidence; provides specific examples of evidence from the reading; makes connection to the reading through a current event, course topic, or own experiences; and identifies questions which arose during reading.