**Pick a peer-reviwed article rekated to a topic in Psychology**
Overview
Throughout this course, you will be working on a final project that involves summarizing and reviewing a peer-reviewed article related to a topic in forensic psychology.
Main Elements/Format
Reading the Article
Allow enough time to understand it.
Read the article without taking notes to gain an overall idea of its main idea.
Read the article again analytically highlighting important ideas and making brief notes of main ideas and main topic.
Writing the Article Review
Provide a synopsis of the article. Make sure to address these questions:
What is this article specifically addressing?
How does this article related to your selected topic?
Did the article contain research? Provide a summary of the research that was discussed, as applicable.
If applicable: What data was used? What instruments, if any, were used to collect data?
If applicable: What were some of the conclusions, if any, to the research in this article?
Your synopsis should end with a review and critique of your article. Make sure to address these questions:
What references did the author use in this article?
Was the article reliable and valid? Explain.
Was this article well-written? Thoughtful and reflective?
What were the limitations in this article? Any variables?
What other thoughts or comments do you have related to this article?
Your finalized article review should be at least 5 pages in length.
Deliverable Milestones
Milestone One: Submit Selected Topic and Article (Due in Module Two)
Submit your selected topic in forensic psychology, the citation information of your selected article (which must be related to your selected topic), and as a link to your article. Your selected article must be from a peer-reviewed, professional journal (Journal of Personality Assessment is an example of a peer-reviewed journal; Time, Newsweek, and Psychology Today are NOT peer-reviewed journals). Review this resource to find out more about what a peer-reviewed article is, this resource for information about how to determine if a journal is peer reviewed, and go to this site to learn about getting started with research at Shapiro Library. If you located your article through Shapiro Library, make sure to note where/how you found it as well.
This assignment is not graded, but you will receive formative feedback from your instructor on whether or not your topic and article are appropriate for this assignment. Instructor approval of your chosen article is necessary and critical to your success on your final project. Please note that you must receive your instructor’s approval of your selected article before continuing work on your final project. If your article is not approved by your instructor in this milestone, resubmit until you receive approval on a selected article.
“Milestone Two: Finalize and Submit Final Article Review (Due in Module Seven)
Finalize and submit your completed article review. Your article review should include all of the components described the “Writing the Article Review” section (under Main Elements/Format) of this document. Your article review will be graded using the rubric on the following pages.
Milestone Three: Review Classmates’ Article Reviews (Due in Module Eight)
Post your article review and read at least two of your classmates’ article reviews and provide comments on their reviews. Consider the elements in the rubric (at the end of this document) as well as the following questions when providing a review of your classmates’ work:
How well did they analyze their article?
Did they address all of the questions (in the “Writing the Article Review” section of this document) in their article review?
What new insights or ideas did you learn by reading their article reviews?
