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Instructions: Read the following materials.

Required: Read Shuttleworth, M. (2006) Parts of a Research Paper.
Required: Read Creswell, J. W. (2002). Educational research: Planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative (pp. 80-107). Prentice Hall.

Parts of a research paper (Shuttleworth, 2006— pp. 1-4)
Differences between quantitative and qualitative literature review. (80)
Five steps in conducting a literature review (81 - 107)

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Instructions: Watch the following clip about how the fictitious Dr. Smith critically reviews a research article.
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The product of scientific investigations is usually research articles or proposals to conduct research. The initial sections of these articles and proposals are the Introduction, Background, and Literature Review which state and provide context for the research objectives and questions. The Methods section is your plan to answer or the plan you used to answer your research questions. Theory and Study Design are the information linking hypotheses, to data collection methods, and analyses. Quality research is reproducible research. Reproducibility depends on valid and reliable measurements, instruments, and analyses.The form and format of scientific writing serves to reinforce reproducibility. Scientific articles and proposals have a standardized form, organization and style. The predictability and dependability of form in combination with clear evaluation criteria allow scientists to quickly digest research articles/proposals. By learning these criteria and the expectations in composition and structure to evaluate the products of scientific research, students become better consumers.

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Instructions: Review the presentation below about the anatomy and evaluation of the research article