Article Citation: Author Last Name, Author First Name. (YEAR). Vol. Pages Journal. “TITLE.” My Notes My Comments, Connections to Class Jot down your notes for Questions, and Critiques Concepts each part of the article to Jot down any questions Jot down any key terms answer the questions listed you have, things you don’t you notice in the reading in the rows. Try to do this understand, etc. You that we have covered in in your own words. You should also note any class or similarities to might want to include both critiques you have, examples we have the sentence from the especially in the method discussed. article your own section. and words if that helps you. Research Question (What are the authors trying to explain?) Independent Variable (What is the IV? How is it measured?) Dependent Variable (What is the DV? How is it measured?) Theory and Hypotheses (What are the authors’ hypotheses? Why do they expect these relationships?) Method (How do the authors test their hypotheses? Describe the experiment or quasi experiment in a few bullet points. Describe the data sources. Note why the authors choose this method.) Results (What do the authors find? Do they find evidence in support of hypotheses?) Limitations (What limitations do the authors
Article Citation: Author Last Name, Author First Name. (YEAR). “TITLE.” Journal. Vol. Pages My Notes Jot down your notes for each part of the article to answer the questions listed in the rows. Try to do this in your own words. You might want to include both the sentence from the article and your own words if that helps you. My Comments, Questions, and Critiques Jot down any questions you have, things you don’t understand, etc. You should also note any critiques you have, especially in the method section. Connections to Class Concepts Jot down any key terms you notice in the reading that we have covered in class or similarities to examples we have discussed. Research Question (What are the authors trying to explain?) Independent Variable (What is the IV? How is it measured?) Dependent Variable (What is the DV? How is it measured?) Theory and Hypotheses (What are the authors’ hypotheses? Why do they expect these relationships?) Method (How do the authors test their hypotheses? Describe the experiment or quasi experiment in a few bullet points. Describe the data sources. Note why the authors choose this method.) Results (What do the authors find? Do they find evidence in support of hypotheses?) Limitations (What limitations do the authors
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