INSTRUCTIONS
1) find a scholarly article (review video on how to do) that is a STUDY (NOT an opinion article) about your chosen theory.
2) Read the article using the handout, “Best way to read a scholarly article”
a. might want to FIRST read the questions you are to answer (see below) to know what to look for
3) Write a paper that answers the following questions:
QUESTIONS:
a) What were the authors’ primary purpose for doing this study?
b) What arguments/claims do the authors’ present to support their purpose?
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c) Choose TWO different paragraphs in the LITERATURE REVIEW and describe the following:
1) how EACH contributes to the primary purpose of the study
a) first paragraph’s contribution
b) second paragraph’s contribution
2) how TOGETHER the paragraphs “lead the reader” to understanding the hypotheses
d) What conclusions do the authors’ draw about the study?
WRITING LOGISITCS
1) use a page heading with: your name, section #, & theory
2) Use each question as a BOLDED HEADING in your paper
3) WITHIN each question, use structural clarity (no run-on paragraphs)
Submit using ONLY: WORD or PDF
Google docs will NOT be accepted (you can save a Google doc as a WORD file)
You are to submit 2 files (there will be SEPARATE ASSIGNMENTS for each one):
1) your summary paper following these instructions (Turnitin plagiarism detector WILL be turned on for this one)
2) the ARTICLE that you used for this summary assignment (Turnitin will not be turned on for this one)
