PSY4931 Article Critique Paper
Order ID 53563633773 Type Essay Writer Level Masters Style APA Sources/References 4 Perfect Number of Pages To Order 5-10 Pages Description/Paper Instructions
The Article Critique will constitute a summary and review of a specific peer-reviewed article either provided in the course by the instructor or one chosen by you on a topic within “Understanding the Aging Workforce.” Please review the instructions, grading rubric and follow the checklist as you work on your paper.
Purposes of Paper I (Article Critique Paper)
Paper 1 on the Senior Seminar’s Purpose
This may be your first time reading and writing research in psychology, after taking PSY 3213, don’t worry! You will have the chance to write about topics of your choice within the Topic of Understanding the Aging Workforce. One primary goal of Paper I is to give you insight into what goes into such papers. This article critique will help you:
- Better understand the psychology topic chosen for the course this semester (Understanding the Aging Workforce).
- Learn about the different parts of an empirical research report (e.g., Abstract, Literature Review, Methods, Results, Discussion/Conclusion and References).
- Use information gathered from research articles in psychology to better understand the topic of this Senior Seminar (Understanding the Aging Workforce)
- Improve your writing!
APA Formatting Purpose
The second purpose of Paper I: Mini-Literature Review is to teach you proper American Psychological Association (APA) formatting. There are a lot of very specific requirements in APA papers, so refer to the following resources as you write!
- The Paper I Checklist
- The Paper I Rubric
Writing Purpose
Finally, this paper is intended to help you grow as a writer. We will give you extensive feedback in terms of content, spelling, and grammar to help you improve for future assignments.
*If you have any questions about the articles, your ideas, or your writing, please ask. Although we won’t be able to review entire drafts of papers before they are handed in, we are very willing to discuss problems, concerns, or issues that you might have!
Article Critique Paper (50 points possible)
In this relatively short paper, you will read one of the articles posted on Canvas and summarize what the authors did and what they found or if you prefer, you can critique an empirical article you found on your own on the topic of the course (Understanding the Aging Workforce). If you find an article on your own, make sure it is a Peer reviewed, empirical article.
Layout:
- The title page
- Comprehensive Summary of the article
- Critique of the article
- Brief summary of the article
- Appropriate referencing for the article
Instructions:
For all papers, everything is double-spaced and uses size 12, Times New Roman font. This includes everything from the title page through the references.
Title Page: 1-page (4 points)
- The header should appear on all pages of your paper, but the “Running Head” will only be on the Title page. Check the APA YouTube video!
- Use APA style!
- Make up a title (not “Paper r”)
- Your institution will appear on the title page as well
Global Summary of the Article:1-page min., 3 pages max. (14 points)
Summarize, in your own words, the article research question and how it was addressed in the article. Below are some things to include in your summary.
- Full title should be at the top of the page on the very first line and be centered.
- For this paper, add the word “Summary” below the title, centered and in bold.
- The summary itself will include the following:
- Type of study (Was it experimental or correlational? How do you know?)
- Variables (What were the independent and dependent variables? Be specific with these. Define the terms independent and dependent variable and make sure to identify how they are
operationally defined in the article)
- Method (Was there a random sample of participants? Was there random assignment to
groups? What did the participants do in the study?)
- Summary of findings (What were their findings?)
Critique of the study: 1-page min., 3 pages max. (16 points)
This section should focus on your own thoughts about the content of the article (i.e. your own ideas in your own words).
Place “Critique” before this section, bold and centered (do not start a new page).
Demonstrate critical thinking in your writing. Address at least four of the following elements:
- In your opinion, how valid and reliable is the study? Why? Make sure to define what reliable and valid mean and apply these definitions to the study. Saying that it is valid and reliable is not enough, you have to apply those terms to the article.
- Did the study authors correctly interpret their findings, or are there any alternative interpretations you can think of?
- Did the authors of the study employ appropriate ethical safeguards?
- Briefly describe a follow-up study you might design that builds on the findings of the study. You may cite other studies if you’d like.
- Describe whether you feel the results presented in the article are weaker or stronger than the authors claim (and why); or refer to point b. How might we test between the proposed and alternate interpretations?
- Mention additional implications of the findings not mentioned in the article (either theoretical or practical/applied)
- Identify specific problems in the theory, discussion or empirical research presented in the article and how these problems could be corrected. If you discuss methodological issues, then they must be substantial enough to affect the interpretations of the findings or arguments presented in the article. Furthermore, please also suggest how it could be resolved and why your proposed solution would be preferable.
- Describe how/why the method used in the article is either better or worse for addressing a particular issue than other methods
Brief Summary (8 points)
- “Brief Summary”, bold and centered.
- In one or two paragraphs maximum, summarize the article again, but this time I want it to be very short. In other words, take all the information that you talked about in the summary portion of this assignment and write it again, but this time in only a few sentences.
- The reason for this section is that I want to make sure you can understand the whole study but that you can also write about it in a shorter paragraph that still emphasizes the main points of the article. If you really understand the study, you only need that much space to describe it.
- For future papers in this course, you might be able to reuse this section (like in your Lit Review Paper IT). Just make sure your short summary provides some good details about what the article was about and how the study was run!
- As a hint for this section, look at the article abstract and rephrase it in your own words!
References 1-page (4 points)
- Provide the reference for this article in proper APA format. Formatting is tricky for this part! Pay attention to what is capitalized and/or in italics and what is not!
- If you cited other sources during either your critique or summary, reference them as well (this is optional).
Grammar and Writing Quality (4 points)
- This is not College Writing 101-you are expected to write at a college level.
- Avoid run-on sentences, sentence fragments, spelling errors, and grammar errors.
- If you know your grammar is poor, have a friend proof-read!
- Recognize and fix issues now!
- We will give you feedback, so make sure to take our feedback s comments seriously and seek help from peers and especially from FIU writing center if we recommend it.
RUBRIC
QUALITY OF RESPONSE NO RESPONSE POOR / UNSATISFACTORY SATISFACTORY GOOD EXCELLENT Content (worth a maximum of 50% of the total points) Zero points: Student failed to submit the final paper. 20 points out of 50: The essay illustrates poor understanding of the relevant material by failing to address or incorrectly addressing the relevant content; failing to identify or inaccurately explaining/defining key concepts/ideas; ignoring or incorrectly explaining key points/claims and the reasoning behind them; and/or incorrectly or inappropriately using terminology; and elements of the response are lacking. 30 points out of 50: The essay illustrates a rudimentary understanding of the relevant material by mentioning but not full explaining the relevant content; identifying some of the key concepts/ideas though failing to fully or accurately explain many of them; using terminology, though sometimes inaccurately or inappropriately; and/or incorporating some key claims/points but failing to explain the reasoning behind them or doing so inaccurately. Elements of the required response may also be lacking. 40 points out of 50: The essay illustrates solid understanding of the relevant material by correctly addressing most of the relevant content; identifying and explaining most of the key concepts/ideas; using correct terminology; explaining the reasoning behind most of the key points/claims; and/or where necessary or useful, substantiating some points with accurate examples. The answer is complete. 50 points: The essay illustrates exemplary understanding of the relevant material by thoroughly and correctly addressing the relevant content; identifying and explaining all of the key concepts/ideas; using correct terminology explaining the reasoning behind key points/claims and substantiating, as necessary/useful, points with several accurate and illuminating examples. No aspects of the required answer are missing. Use of Sources (worth a maximum of 20% of the total points). Zero points: Student failed to include citations and/or references. Or the student failed to submit a final paper. 5 out 20 points: Sources are seldom cited to support statements and/or format of citations are not recognizable as APA 6th Edition format. There are major errors in the formation of the references and citations. And/or there is a major reliance on highly questionable. The Student fails to provide an adequate synthesis of research collected for the paper. 10 out 20 points: References to scholarly sources are occasionally given; many statements seem unsubstantiated. Frequent errors in APA 6th Edition format, leaving the reader confused about the source of the information. There are significant errors of the formation in the references and citations. And/or there is a significant use of highly questionable sources. 15 out 20 points: Credible Scholarly sources are used effectively support claims and are, for the most part, clear and fairly represented. APA 6th Edition is used with only a few minor errors. There are minor errors in reference and/or citations. And/or there is some use of questionable sources. 20 points: Credible scholarly sources are used to give compelling evidence to support claims and are clearly and fairly represented. APA 6th Edition format is used accurately and consistently. The student uses above the maximum required references in the development of the assignment. Grammar (worth maximum of 20% of total points) Zero points: Student failed to submit the final paper. 5 points out of 20: The paper does not communicate ideas/points clearly due to inappropriate use of terminology and vague language; thoughts and sentences are disjointed or incomprehensible; organization lacking; and/or numerous grammatical, spelling/punctuation errors 10 points out 20: The paper is often unclear and difficult to follow due to some inappropriate terminology and/or vague language; ideas may be fragmented, wandering and/or repetitive; poor organization; and/or some grammatical, spelling, punctuation errors 15 points out of 20: The paper is mostly clear as a result of appropriate use of terminology and minimal vagueness; no tangents and no repetition; fairly good organization; almost perfect grammar, spelling, punctuation, and word usage. 20 points: The paper is clear, concise, and a pleasure to read as a result of appropriate and precise use of terminology; total coherence of thoughts and presentation and logical organization; and the essay is error free. Structure of the Paper (worth 10% of total points) Zero points: Student failed to submit the final paper. 3 points out of 10: Student needs to develop better formatting skills. The paper omits significant structural elements required for and APA 6th edition paper. Formatting of the paper has major flaws. The paper does not conform to APA 6th edition requirements whatsoever. 5 points out of 10: Appearance of final paper demonstrates the student’s limited ability to format the paper. There are significant errors in formatting and/or the total omission of major components of an APA 6th edition paper. The can include the omission of the cover page, abstract, and page numbers. Additionally the page has major formatting issues with spacing or paragraph formation. Font size might not conform to size requirements. The student also significantly writes too large or too short of and paper 7 points out of 10: Research paper presents an above-average use of formatting skills. The paper has slight errors within the paper. This can include small errors or omissions with the cover page, abstract, page number, and headers. There could be also slight formatting issues with the document spacing or the font Additionally the paper might slightly exceed or undershoot the specific number of required written pages for the assignment. 10 points: Student provides a high-caliber, formatted paper. This includes an APA 6th edition cover page, abstract, page number, headers and is double spaced in 12’ Times Roman Font. Additionally the paper conforms to the specific number of required written pages and neither goes over or under the specified length of the paper. GET THIS PROJECT NOW BY CLICKING ON THIS LINK TO PLACE THE ORDER
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