...Article Critique Utilize the CSU Online Library, or another online academic database, such as Alabama Virtual Library, or University library, and select two peer-reviewed, scholarly articles. The first should be related to the topic of Chapter 13: Creating Vision and Strategic Direction. The second article should be on the topic of Chapter 15: Leading Change. Be sure that the articles relate to this course material. If possible, utilize articles that have been published in the last 5 years. To locate scholarly journal articles on these topics, you will want to access the online academic database of your choice and utilize the advanced search option to search for peer-reviewed, scholarly articles. You may want to begin your search by experimenting with the keywords leadership + vision or leadership + change. If you have difficulty locating an article, please contact the CSU Online Library staff. Their contact information can be found by accessing the CSU Online Library page through the “My Library” link located in your course. As you prepare your article critiques, follow the instructions below. Write your critiques in APA format. Identify your author and title as part of the introduction to your topic; this should not be considered a reference for the article. For example: In reading "The Wayward Cat" (Seuss, 2012) I was intrigued by the way the author addressed . . . Begin with an introduction that defines the subject of your critique and the author’s point of view. Defend...
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...at least five articles from scholarly sources on that topic, prepare an annotated bibliography including these articles and information about them, and summarize the research and the implications relevant to the chosen topic. Students will: 1.Self-select an educational psychology topic of interest. 2.State the reasons for their choice of topic. 3.Research this topic. 4.Answer specific questions about this topic. 5.Provide applications of this research to academic, professional, and personal work. For example, a student interested in behavioral modification for children having Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (A.D.H.D.) may conduct research and find and summarize results that a developing teacher could use to enhance the learning of children in a classroom situation. Or, alternatively, a social worker may determine that this new learning may be helpful in the development of intervention strategies for some of their potential clients. Instructions To complete the Research Project: 1. Select a topic of interest relevant to the field of educational psychology. a. The topic selected for research should have a limited scope or defined specific area. 2. Write a brief introduction to this topic. a. Explain the topic and why it was chosen. 3. Research the topic using scholarly journals. a. Find least five articles, reports, or other resources relevant to your research topic. These resources must come from scholarly/professional journals or publications about educational...
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...example, asthma in elementary school children. Choose one of the Healthy People 2020 topic areas. You will have the opportunity to enhance your written communication skills by writing an APA format paper summarizing an approved scholarly article. Course Outcomes This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes. CO #1 Discuss the professional nurse’s role in health promotion activities. (PO #1 & 2) CO #3 Discuss health promotion, illness prevention, health maintenance, health restoration, and rehabilitation in relation to the nurse’s role in working with various populations. (PO #1 & 2) CO #7 Identify health promotion strategies throughout the life span. (PO #1 & 2) Due Date: See the Course Calendar for individual paper due date. Points Possible: 100 points for the individual APA format scholarly article review paper. Requirements: 1. Identify a health problem or need for health promotion for a particular stage in the life span (choose one of the focus areas from Healthy People 2020) See the course calendar for due date. 2. Scholarly Article Review: a. Individually research the topic and apply the information you found to an individual APA format paper. b. Select a scholarly nursing or research article (published within the last 5 years) related to your topic, which includes health promotion and wellness content. c. Write a 2 – 3 page paper (excluding the title and reference pages) using...
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...How to Write a Book Critique PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT: The idea behind this assignment is to give you the opportunity to read a detailed historical account on a particular subject and to analyze the book critically. The paper you will be writing should be a book critique, rather than a book report. In a book report, you simply summarize the book. In a book critique, you go much further - you analyze and evaluate the book. WHAT A BOOK CRITIQUE SHOULD INCLUDE: There are many things you should do in a good book critique. How much attention you give to these different components of the critique may vary depending on the book you are analyzing. 1. Summarize the book. Yes, despite what I said above about the difference between a book report and a critique, you nonetheless need to do some summarizing in your critique. You need to describe what the book is about in enough detail that someone who hasn’t read the book has a clear idea of the topic the author is addressing, the parameters of the book, and how the book is organized. If you don’t give your reader some idea what the book is about, then you may lose your reader when you start analyzing the book. Note that a chapter-by-chapter summary of the book is not needed. A general summary of the main points will be sufficient. 2. Identify the author’s purpose. What does your author want to accomplish with this book? What audience is the book intended for? Your author may want to fill a gap in historical literature...
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...How to Write a Book Critique PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT: The idea behind this assignment is to give you the opportunity to read a detailed historical account on a particular subject and to analyze the book critically. The paper you will be writing should be a book critique, rather than a book report. In a book report, you simply summarize the book. In a book critique, you go much further - you analyze and evaluate the book. WHAT A BOOK CRITIQUE SHOULD INCLUDE: There are many things you should do in a good book critique. How much attention you give to these different components of the critique may vary depending on the book you are analyzing. 1. Summarize the book. Yes, despite what I said above about the difference between a book report and a critique, you nonetheless need to do some summarizing in your critique. You need to describe what the book is about in enough detail that someone who hasn’t read the book has a clear idea of the topic the author is addressing, the parameters of the book, and how the book is organized. If you don’t give your reader some idea what the book is about, then you may lose your reader when you start analyzing the book. Note that a chapter-by-chapter summary of the book is not needed. A general summary of the main points will be sufficient. 2. Identify the author’s purpose. What does your author want to accomplish with this book? What audience is the book intended for? Your author may want to fill a gap in historical literature...
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...|Running head: JOURNAL ARTICLE CRITIQUE |1 | Jasmit K., (2014). Journey of Higher in India ‘From Pre Globalisation to Globalised Era’ International Journal of Educational Planning and Administration ISSN 2249-3093 Volume. 4. NUMBER 1 (2014). pp. 1-6. Mugula Oscar - 1026408 Journey of Higher in India ‘From Pre Globalisation to Globalised Era’ The title of this article is relatively broad, well defined and very important to education. This article has been written in a formal language that is specific to the education field. However, this article from a quick scan fails to meet the common shared features and characteristics of scholarly articles published in academic journals no matter what the discipline is. The format of this paper is also totally unacceptable. A journal article commonly consists of an abstract, introduction, literature review, methods, results, discussion and conclusions. This paper lists none of the above mentioned elements of a journal article. Without these, it is impossible to evaluate the potential meaningfulness of this article. Within the article, there are powerful statements that the author has put in inverted comas without any citation. E.g. ‘the main aim of starting schools for the children’s...............’ There are other statements in the article that appear as paraphrased statements but the author did not...
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...rights of individuals and the need to protect citizens from harm. Most individual rights are found in the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution, as listed in Chapter 8.1 of your textbook. Review these individual rights and provide your opinion on whether or not the effectiveness of the criminal justice system is hindered by individual liberties. Provide at least two specific details or examples to support your opinion. You may choose to draw these examples from your life and work experiences or from the Ashford University Library’s Westlaw database (contains documents and reviews of court cases). ------------------------------------------------------------------ ASHFORD CRJ 422 Week 1 Journal Article Critical Analysis For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Journal Article Critical Analysis....
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...other specialty groups provided | | |the basis for nursing practice standards that currently guide | | |professional practice. The increase in research activity in the | | |1940’s prompted the first publication of Nursing Research” (Burns & | | |Grove, 2007, p. 9). | |Sigma Theta Tau Journal published by this organization is |First Published: 1967 (Burns & Grove, 2007. p. 10) | |now called Image—The Journal of Nursing Scholarship |Importance: | | |“Features scholarly work in all areas of nursing and reaching health| | |professional, faculty and students in 90 countries. Articles reflect| |...
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...theory-building and theory testing within your field of specialization, there is no generally accepted conception of what a theory is. Because your dissertation must contribute to theory, you must have a clear understanding of the variety of conceptions of theory, types of theories, and ways of contributing to theory and be able to justify how, exactly, your study contributes to theory. Part 1 Using Gelso (2006), Harlow (2009), Stam, H. (2007, 2010), Wacker (1999), and five additional peer-reviewed articles from your specialization, discuss scholarly views on the nature and types of theory. Compare and contrast at least three views of what constitutes a theory, including the view you will use in Part 3 of this question. Be sure to distinguish theory from related concepts, such as hypothesis, paradigm, model, and concept. Part 2 Using Ellis & Levy (2008), Harlow, E. (2009), and five additional peer-reviewed articles, review the scholarly literature on the relationship between theory and research and the ways research (quantitative and qualitative) can contribute to theory. Discuss at least three ways research can contribute to theory. Part 3 Pick a theory (in one of the views of what constitutes a theory that you identified in Part 1) of current interest directly related to the topic area of your dissertation. A theory is currently of interest if there are articles published on it in the past five years. Using at least 10 published, peer-reviewed research articles: 1...
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...Rigorous and Socially Responsible Interactive Learning Research Thomas C. Reeves. Ph.D. The University of Georgia The Journal of Interactive Learning Research debuts when the need for rigorous and socially responsible research into the design, implementation, effectiveness, and impact of the interactive learning is paramount. In a recent cover story in The Atlantic Monthly, Oppenheimer (1997) begins "There is no evidence that most uses of computers significantly improve teaching and learning...." (p. 45), and claims that computers threaten to diminish the reading, writing, and self-expression skills of students while at the same time crushing their imaginations and stunting their socialization. Although this particular attack on interactive learning is limited to the USA, similar critiques have appeared in other countries where large investments have been made in interactive learning systems for education and training. Despite the polemical nature of such critiques, the interactive learning research community must face the reality that our efforts have failed to provide adequate guidance for developers and practitioners. Others already recognize this inadequacy. In March 1997, the U.S. President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology called for "a large-scale program of rigorous, systematic research on education in general and educational technology in particular....to ensure both the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of technology use within our nation's schools"...
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...classmates in 1-2 paragraphs. Discuss why you chose the article and what we can learn from this trend – how would you use it to improve the quality of nursing/patient education? This article and those posted by your classmates may become the foundation of your paper due in Topic 2. Be sure to include the entire citation in APA format. The article you select cannot be from any of the course materials or supplemental readings. Please note: It is a violation of copyright law to post the entire text of the article to an online discussion board. So be sure to post only the citation information so that we can locate it if we are interested in reading more. The article should come from a graduate-level journal, like an advanced practice journal or nursing education journal – not an entry-level journal like AJN, RN, Nursing, etc. NUR 647E Week 3 Discussion Questions Identify one group of stakeholders in curriculum development. How could you include your identified group of stakeholders in curriculum...
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...REFLECTIVE JOURNAL 2: RESEARCH CHALLENGES AND BENEFITS Reflective Journal 2: Research Challenges and Benefits Tuyen Phan ENG 115 April 29, 2012 Reflective Journal 2: Research Challenges and Benefits 1. What do you think when you read a claim in a newspaper or magazine that seem to be unsubstantiated? Seeing stories in mass media with unsubstantial amounts of evidence to prove legitimacy makes me believe the source is sugarcoating a redundant issue, or story for publicity. Although the information in a newspaper or magazine such as New York Times or Wired may be excellent ways of learning what is happening in the world, they are no substitute for scholarly articles in peer-review journals. Therefore, the accuracy of the stories can be harder to discern. 2. How do you approach research? When approaching research, I identify a subject and make sub-subjects and add topics and provide details to each topic. By doing this, I have an organized structure of my subject, with different pieces of information supporting it. When conducting research, a good initial step is to compile a list of relevant literature. A second step is to scan the references to locate relevant articles. A third effective strategy is to Google relevant topics, an especially useful resources for information on just about any scholar topic you can imagine. 3. What are the biggest challenges in doing research? The biggest challenges when approaching research...
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...Question 1 1. Which of the following is a good source of scholarly information? | | Wikipedia | | | A blog | | | Time magazine | | | A journal article from the PsychInfo database | 5 points Question 2 1. What is the purpose of the abstract? | | A short summary where the author makes a convincing case for why the reader should continue reading the entire article or paper. | | | A brief paragraph whose purpose is to provide an overview of the thesis or research question. | | | A brief paragraph at the end of a paper that sums up the conclusions drawn by the author. | | | The introduction to the literature review portion of an empirical article. | 5 points Question 3 1. When is a direct quote, in quotation marks, used in a scholarly paper? | | When the author has summarized information from their source. | | | When the author has used information from their source word for word. | | | When the author is giving their own opinion. | | | When the author is listing items. | 5 points Question 4 1. What is the correct order of the sections in an empirical or research paper? | | Introduction, discussion, method, results | | | Introduction, method, results, discussion | | | Introduction, method, discussion, results | | | Introduction, results, discussion, method | 5 points Question 5 1. Which of the following is NOT a specialized career path in the field of Psychology? ...
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... | |SUBDOMAIN 711.1 - USING INFORMATION GATHERING TO IMPROVE NURSING PRACTICE | |SUBDOMAIN 711.2 - NURSING & OTHER RELEVANT THEORIES | | | |Competency 711.1.1: Internet Searches - The graduate can conduct Internet and database searches and critique and evaluate | |articles/materials acquired from these searches. | |Competency 711.1.2: Incorporate Data Into Practice - The graduate can use articles/materials acquired from Internet and database| |searches to improve nursing practice. | |Competency 711.2.2: Relevant Theories - The graduate can critique, evaluate, and utilize relevant theories from non-nursing | |disciplines. | |...
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...is sugarcoating a redundant issue, or story for publicity. Although the information in a newspaper or magazine such as New York Times may be excellent ways of learning what is happening in the world, they are no substitute for scholarly articles in peer-review journals. Therefore, the accuracy of the stories can be harder to discern. 2. How do you approach research? When approaching research, I identify a subject and make sub-subjects and add topics and provide details to each topic. By doing this, I have an organized structure of my subject, with different pieces of information supporting it. When conducting research, a good initial step is to compile a list of relevant literature. A second step is to scan the references to locate relevant articles. A third effective strategy is to Google relevant topics, especially useful resources for information on just about any scholar topic you can imagine. 3. What are the biggest challenges in doing research? The biggest challenges when approaching research I face is finding a reliable source for information. Using incorrect information is not acceptable. Websites such as Wikipedia should also never be used or cited as academic works because the sources are not delineated clearly enough to critique. In addition, Internet sources are so variable. At the one sites where bona fide educational group provide information compiled by groups of scholars or educators based on current and reliable literature. 4. What are some tips...
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