- The journal article that you select to review / critique must be different from any article previously used in other assignments. That is, it can not be one of the articles used in the research assignment, research forum, etc.
- After locating an article, access the appropriate discussion forum located in Week 9 of the Moodle classroom.
- Click on “add a new discussion topic”.
- In the subject line, enter the name of the title of the article you will be discussing / critiquing. The significance of the article you select MUST be within the field of addiction counseling. (5 points)
- In the “message” box, at the top of your discussion, provide the author’s name, date of the publication, title of the article, name of the journal (follow APA style formatting for citing sources). The instructor and classmates should be able to locate the article by using your source citation. (5 points)
- In the first paragraph of your post, begin a discussion with the rest of the class by BRIEFLY summarizing the content of the article. In other words, tell us what the article is about. (5 points)
- In the second paragraph of your post, critique the article, identifying the topic’s strengths and weaknesses. Also, tell us what you liked about the article, what you agreed and/or disagreed with and why. (5 points)
- Next, in the third paragraph, tell us why you selected this particular article. (5 points)
- Because this is a “discussion” assignment, everyone is expected to interact with each other. Remember to reply to questions and/or comments left for you by the instructor and other classmates and respond to at least two other students’ original posts. (5 points)
- Paragraphs should be at least five to six sentences each. Be sure to use the editing tools to format paragraphs properly. Spell-check and make sure grammatical errors have been corrected BEFORE saving the post. Refrain from using text-messaging short-hand and abbreviations. Submit a professional, quality discussion assignment. (5 points)
The journal article that you select to review / critique must be different from any article previously used in other assignments. That is, it can not be one of the articles used in the re