Citation of the article you read (Use APA 6 formatting):

· Abstract/Summary:

· What is the general topic of this study?

· What is the purpose of this study?

· What were the major findings?

· What is the relationship between the findings and the field?

· Introduction

· Is there a sufficient body of knowledge to support this research?

· What data or information will be used to study this topic?

· What is the research question(s) or hypothesis being answered/tested?

· What does the author(s) conclude?

· Are there any words that you need to define prior to reading this study? Write them down here and look them up. They may be defined in the body/background of the study.

· Methods

· How was the data collected? Were there any potential issues/biases?

· Does the author(s) describe the methods in enough detail that you understand how (s)he conducted this study?

· Results

· What does the author believe the analysis shows?

· Are these results related to the pre-existing knowledge in the field? (Does the author make this clear?)

· How is this work significant?

· What does the author say?

· In your own words: How is this work significant or is it?

· Conclusions/Discussion

· What limitations or issues does the author identify?

· What limitation or issues do you believe exist that the author FAILED to identify?

· What does the author finally conclude?

· Do you support this conclusion? Why or why not?

· What suggestions for future study does the author the make?

· Name two future study topics that you believe this research suggests—not necessarily the same ideas as the author?

List 3 citations from this study that you believe are “foundational”. In other words, if you were going to study the same topic, list 3 citations that you would find and read. Be sure you list them in APA 6 format. (Some articles are written in other styles so don’t simply copy them from the article.)