Need to write Literature Critique on two research articles attached
3.5 Generating a
Literature Critique
1.
Refer to How to Write a Paper in Word document as
necessary.
2.
The title for this
paper should be Evaluation of Literature on ______
a.
Fill in the topic using a
few words.
b.
This should not be the
same as the title of your paper. It will be more specific.
c.
Example: Evaluation of Literature on Infection
Control is a good title for the sample paper. Its corresponding paper title
may be Impact of Handwashing on Reducing
Post-Surgical Wounds.
3.
The introduction for
this paper should consist of a single
paragraph:
a.
Introduce the topic of
your expertise.
b.
State that this paper is
a literature critique. (Do not call this a research paper since you have not
collected data.)
c.
Briefly summarize how
each article will be analyzed.
d.
Include a transitional
sentence at the end of the introduction.
4.
Review the Example Literature Critique before you
begin writing. A literature critique uses a different style of writing than
a review of literature. The critique writing style is more common in
graduate school assignments to teach students how to analyze the quality and
credibility of another author’s research.
5.
Insert a Level 1
header on the line after the introduction using the words:
Literature
Critique
6.
Insert a Level 2
header on the next line using the words: Article
One.
a.
Use bold font
b.
Spell out the word
“One”
c.
Align the header with
the left margin.
7.
Select any two of your
four articles to be Articles One and Two. Do not identify either of the articles as the
best or worst article yet.
8.
Provide the author names and article title and location in one or two complete
sentences. Do not write these
in reference list format or use short phrases. Pay special attention to these APA Style guidelines:
a.
Article
titles in the body of a
paper should be within quotation marks with all words except for insignificant
words less than four letters capitalized.
b.
Journal
titles in the narrative
should be in title case and italics.
c.
The words “Volume”
and “Issue” should be capitalized.
d.
Volume and Issue
numbers should be expressed as numerals (not words).
e.
When a title is used
as the subject of a sentence, it should not be followed by a comma.
f.
When a title is added
as a modifying phrase to the subject it should be set apart from the sentence
by commas.
g.
Do not place commas
before or between simple prepositional phrases.
9.
Do not include quoted content in the critique.
a.
A literature critique
does not resemble a book review.
b.
Use a few sentences to
summarize the main points of the article.
10.
Formulate your
critique into few well-organized paragraphs for each article. Include the
following information:
a.
Problem/Issue: what is the focus of the article?
b.
Scope: how many people are affected?
c.
Bias: do the authors express bias in writing style
or was bias introduced in the way the study was conducted?
d.
Strengths: what is your assessment of the article’s
strengths, and why do you think that? It
is not acceptable to state an article has no strengths or weaknesses because
the author did not delineate them. This in itself would be a weakness.
e.
Weaknesses: what is your assessment of the article’s
limitations, and why do you think that?
f.
Application: in what ways can this article be used-
theory, practice, or both?
g.
Relevance: does the article fit your expertise topic?
11.
Complete your
discussion related to Article One before moving to Article Two:
a.
Insert a Level 2
header using the words Article Two
before starting the critique of your second article.
b.
The critique for each article should not be
longer than one page of text.
c.
The review to be
shorter than one page per article if the required questions are answered.
12.
Insert a hard page
break on the line after the end of your critique for Article Two.
13.
Refer to Generating a Review of Literature to
complete this assignment.
