Based on the article, "Experiences of Discrimination Among Black Middle School Adolescents: A Qualitative Study" by Chimereodo Okoroji and Evelyn Oka answer the following questions $1.$ BASIC CHECK.

$1)$ How do you know this is a qualitative article? What evidence tells you this?

$2)$ How do you know it is an empirical article? What evidence tells you this?

INTRODUCTION $($problem$,$ purpose, and research questions$)$ and LIT REVIEW $($Sets the stage for the study$$provides rationale and situates it within the existing literature$)$

$2.$ PROBLEM, PURPOSE, RATIONALE. What is the problem and how does this article respond to this problem? How does the author$($s$)$ make a case for the need for this study?

$3.$ LITERATURE REVIEW and THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK.

$1)$ What themes are covered in the Lit Review? Any important points from the review of the literature $($influential scholars, theories, recurring themes, debates, etc.$)?$ Any leads to further research that you want to keep in mind?

$2)$ Did the author$($s$)$ cite a theoretical and$/$or conceptual framework?

METHODS Section $($you can always scroll to the Methods section to understand the nuts and bolts of the actual research study and to determine the research design$)$

$4.$ POSITIONALITY & PARTICIPANTS.

$1)$ Positionality: Who was the author$($s$)($important characteristics only$),$ and how were $[$they$]$ related to the purpose, participants, and study site?

$2)$ Who were the participants? Describe who was studied $($give number and characteristics$)$ and how they were selected.

$5.$ CONTEXT. Where did the study take place? Describe important characteristics.

$6.$ METHODOLOGY.

$1)$ State the qualitative methodology $($case study, ethnography, narrative inquiry, etc.$)$

$2)$ How do you know? What evidence tells you this?

$7.$ DATA COLLECTION. What constituted data $($e$.$g$.,$ field notes, interviews, photographs, diaries, observations$),$ and how was data collected?

$8.$ ANALYSIS. What form of data analysis was used $($e$.$g$.$ thematic analysis, discourse analysis, coding, grounded theory$),$ and what was it designed to reveal?

$9.$ FINDINGS. What did the author$($s$)$ identify as the primary findings produced by the analysis of data$)?$

$10.$ DISCUSSION. What is the importance of the findings? So what? Do the findings support or contradict previous research studies?

$11.$ CONCLUSIONS. What are the implications of the study? What were the limitations$?$ Did the author$($s$)$ state how their research is trustworthy or credible? What other conclusions are noteworthy?

$12.$ YOUR $2$ CENTS. What interesting facts or ideas did you learn from reading the report? Include here anything that was of value, including findings, research designs and methods, references, history, useful arguments, or personal inspiration. How might it connect $($can be adapted$)$ to YOUR educational context?