The purpose of this article review is for you to learn to seek out information and to write an evaluative and critical review of a journal article. Your review must be submitted as a Word document. Use your name in the filename, along with the assignment name. For example: Smith,Fred.ArticleReview1.
Your written review will be approximately 3-4 double-spaced narrative pages, plus a title page (with Running head), page numbers, and in keeping with APA guidelines. An abstract is NOT required for the article review.
It is important for you to learn how to write about another author’s work, which is different from regurgitating what the author wrote. Your review should not read as though you are the author of the article or material as opposed to reading form a critical perspective. The reader should clearly understand the difference between the author’s contribution and your interpretation and evaluation of that contribution. Your review should show that you can recognize arguments and engage in critical thinking about the course content. Keep questions like these in mind as you read, make notes, and then write the review or critique. Critical thinking and application of course content is necessary for this assignment.