Article Review

HHPK 595 – Article Critique Directions
In this assignment, the student will choose a peer-reviewed research article related to their degree
(e.g., Sport & Rec Management, Health Promotion, Exercise Science, etc.) for critiquing. In this
critique, you will comment on everything within the article, including grammar, mechanics, APA
formatting – article must be written in APA format, and all sections of the article (abstract, intro,
lit review, methods, data analysis, results, conclusions, discussion).
Questions to be answered include the following:
1. Introduction: The Problem
Is the problem clearly stated? What is the purpose of the study? What is (are) the
Hypothesis(es)? Are the key terms defined? Are the research questions appropriate?
2. Review of Literature
Are the cited sources pertinent to the study? Is the review too broad or too narrow? Are the
references recent? Is there any evidence of bias?
3. Methodology: Design and Procedures
What research methodology was used? Was it a replica study or an original study? What
measurement tools were used? Was a pilot study conducted? What are the variables? How
was sampling performed? (Strengths and weaknesses?)
4. Data Analysis and presentation
How was data analyzed? Was data qualitative or quantitative? Did findings
support the hypothesis(es) or research question(s) and purpose? Were weaknesses and
problems discussed?
5. Results and Discussion
Are the results and conclusions of the study related to the original purpose? Were the
implications discussed? Whom will the results and conclusions affect? What
recommendations were made at the conclusion?
6. Overall Assessment
What is your overall assessment of the study and the article? Was the article fluent and easy
to read? Can the information be used in a practical way? Is there anything you are
concerned about in the article? (What about APA formatting?)
INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE….
Order/flow of the assignment:
Title page:
-Your name
-Course title and number
-Professor’s name
-Date
Body:
-APA reference for the original article you are critiquing (i.e., authors, date, title, journal title,
etc…)
-Responses to questions the 6 previously explained topics (in paragraph form); use headings for
each topic (e.g., Introduction: The problem; …)
Formatting:
-1inch margins all around
-Times New Roman or Arial 11 or 12pt font
-No errors in spelling, punctuation, or grammar
-No more than 5 pages single spaced with “Remove space after and before paragraph” (title page
does not count towards page total)
When you are finished, please submit your Article Critique in the Dropbox under Article
Critique. Save your file as: LastName.FirstNameInitial.ArticleCritique
Original Article
-To demonstrate that you actually read and critiqued the article you cited, you will need to do
one of the following:
1) (New school technology method) Use the “Highlight” and “Sticky Note” functions in
Adobe to make your notes/critiques on the pdf version of the article (I have created a
short video showing you how to do this.
a. This will be dependent upon your version of Adobe being able to do these
functions (I use Adobe Reader X and it has these functions)
2) (Old school method) print out the article and highlight/make hand-written notes in the
margins related to your critique
a. Upload/scan your highlighted/commented version of the article to your computer
and save the file as a pdf.
Save the commented/highlighted on version of the article as:
LastName.FirstNameInitial.CommentsOnArticle
The following Article Critique Rubric will be used when grading your paper:
INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE:
Grade
Earned Article Critique Rubric: Evaluation Criteria Points Awarded
A
· Evaluates each section of the research article thoroughly and in
explicit detail: title, abstract, introduction, literature review,
methods, results, and discussion. Critique of article is factually
based.
· Thoroughly critiques importance/relevance of findings.
· Overall assessment is detailed.
· Consistently uses Standard American English with rare
misspellings.
90-100%
B
· Evaluates most sections of the research article thoroughly and in
detail: title, abstract, introduction, literature review, methods,
results, and discussion. Critique of article is factually based.
· Thoroughly critiques importance/relevance of most findings.
· Overall assessment is somewhat detailed.
· Consistently uses Standard American English with rare
misspellings.
80-89%
C
· Evaluates some sections of the research article thoroughly and in
detail: title, abstract, introduction, literature review, methods,
results, and discussion. Critique of article is mostly factually
based.
· Thoroughly critiques importance/relevance of some findings.
· Overall assessment is mostly accurate.
· Consistently uses Standard American English with rare
misspellings.
70-79%
D
· Evaluates few sections of the research article thoroughly and in
detail: title, abstract, introduction, literature review, methods,
results, and discussion. Critique of article is somewhat factually
based.
· Thoroughly critiques importance/relevance of some findings.
· Overall assessment is inaccurate.
· Consistently uses Standard American English with rare
misspellings.
60-69%
F
· Evaluates few or no sections of the research article thoroughly
and in detail: title, abstract, introduction, literature review,
methods, results, and discussion. Critique of article is not
factually based.
· Does not thoroughly critique importance/relevance of findings.
· Overall assessment is inaccurate.
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