Research Article Summary for CSD 204- 2020

Constructing an article summary or abstract will encourage you to read and consolidate the most relevant components of the article. The parts of a research article generally include the following: Title, author information, abstract, introduction, methodology, results/findings, discussion/conclusion, and references.  It will help to read the abstract and/or the discussion before you read the whole article. Please respond with one double-spaced page, Times New Roman 12 point Font,

Access to the article is on the D2L page for the course.

Grading Rubric

1. State the research question                                                                                          5 points

2. State the hypothesis/hypotheses                                                                                 5 points

3. Briefly describe the methodology (research design, participants, procedures)  5 points

4. Describe the results. Were the results significant?                                                   5 points

5. Explain the implications of the results                                                                         5 points

6.  Grammaticality                                                                                                               5 points

Please see the following websites for help with summarizing articles: Andrews University: Guidelines for Writing an Article Summary

UConn: How to Summarize a Research Article

American Psychological Association (APA) Format

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)  APA Formatting and Style Guide