Article Review
Type your final paper with double-spacing in Times New Roman, 12-point font.
introduction should be no more than half of a page.
1. Introduction must contain citations that refer to each of your four sources.
2. Summary of the science in your original science essay should be no more than one page.
3. Summary of the science in your second science essay should be no more than one page.
4. Summary of your first peer-reviewed, primary science research article should be no more than one page.
5. Summary of your second peer-reviewed, primary science research article should be no more than one page.
6. Write your summary of your peer-reviewed, primary science research articles, you must summarize the introduction, the materials and methods, the results, and the discussion of each research article. Do not include the titles of these sections in your summaries. Summarize each section to tell the story
of the research or study
This is a science article summary. 4 paragraphs for each article:
a. “Introduction establishes the context for the research: the area in which the research takes place, the research problem, the importance of the research, and the guiding question or hypothesis.” (Why did the author(s) think the research was important? What were the questions the scientists wanted to answer?)
b. “Materials and Methods describes the research procedure.” (How did the scientists investigate their questions? What did they use and how did
they use it to answer their questions?)
c. “Results reports the outcomes of the research procedure” (What did the scientists find out using their materials and methods? Were their results statistically significant?)
d. “Discussion interprets the results, explaining them and comparing them to the results of other experiments.” (How did the scientists’ results support the questions introduced in the introduction? How do the scientists’ results integrate with research by other scientists involved in similar research?
