RES-820 Reading Research Assignment Instructions

the video: RES-820 Reading Research before beginning this assignment. A transcript of the video is available in Appendix A, below. View

Note: Do not read the assigned articles for this topic until after you read these instructions completely.

Engage with this critical reading strategy by completing the tasks for all four parts of this assignment. Your work should be saved as a single document for submission.

Part 1 - Identifying Relevant Literary Artifacts by Reading an Abstract

Generally, students start reading an article at the beginning and read it straight through to the end. Reading in a linear fashion is not the most efficient approach to evaluate academic literature. Researchers take a more strategic approach in order to quickly sort articles and identify what sources are relevant to their project.

Read only the abstract of each of the articles (Barnett, 2017; Flanigan et al., 2017; Marcikic et al., 2016; Paone et al., 2015; Strunk et al., 2017; Sroufe & Gopalakrishna-Remani, 2019)in the Topic Resources for Topic 2.

Using only the information from the abstract, choose the one article that is most relevant to your program and emphasis area (If you are not sure, please contact your Counselor). You will work with only one article from this list. That one article will be the focus of this entire assignment.

Address the following based solely on what you read in the abstract. Type answers in this document to submit for grading. Save your document as a Word document with the file name in this format: LastName.FirstName.RES820.ReadingResearch

1. State the degree program and emphasis area in which you are enrolled. If you are not sure, please contact your Counselor.
2. Provide the full APA reference for the article you chose.
3. Paraphrase the problem being addressed in the study.
4. Summarize the main points of the study.
5. State your initial thoughts about what you read. What ideas did it give you about the topic?
6. Describe how the abstract influences a researcher's decision to delve deeper into the article.