Evaluation of two sources

Name: __________________________
Article Discussion Project Plan
(DUE: ___________)
Directions : Type your answers to these questions using complete sentences. If the question asks you to list items, you may use a bulleted list instead of complete sentences.
PART I: Background (4 points)
What is the topic you want to research?
Student behavior in classroom.
Why did you choose this topic?
To better understand underlying factors that contribute to specific student behavior in class and how the implementation of better teaching methods can help to improve student behavior in the classroom.
PART II: Library Searching (8 points)
Describe how you searched for your articles in the space below to demonstrate you know how to find library and/online resources.
Ї How did you start your search? Where did you look first, next?
I began my search on the internet. Here I mainly used the search engine google scholar before proceeding to databases such as ProQuest and EBSCOHOST. I also searched the school’s library catalogue to see if I could identify better articles than those on the internet.
Ї List the search terms you used.
1 Student behavior in classroom.
2 Student behavior.
3 Behavior in classroom.
4 Student behavior during lectures.
Ї Which search term(s) worked the best to find your articles?
Student behavior in classroom.
Student behavior.
Student behavior during lectures.
Ї List the names of the journals you searched for articles in.
Higher education.
College teaching.
The journal of higher education.
College quarterly.
The review of higher education.
PART III: Evaluating Sources & Paraphrasing
Complete the information below to demonstrate you know how to evaluate each of your articles. You must provide your teacher with a copy or link to each article.
Evaluating Article #1 (12 points)
For each CRAAP area, give the information for that area and describe where you found it.
Article #1 Title
(1 point)

Implementing the flipped classroom: An exploration of study behaviour and student performance

Source link/
Citation
(1 point)

https://uosc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=cdi_proquest_journals_1959136892&context=PC&vid=01USC_INST:01USC&lang=en&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&adaptor=Primo%20Central&tab=Everything&mode=Basic
Citation:
Boevé, A., Meijer, R., Bosker, R., Vugteveen, J., Hoekstra, R., & Albers, C. (2016). Implementing the flipped classroom: an exploration of study behaviour and student performance. Higher Education, 74(6), 1015–1032. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-016-0104-y

Currency
(2 points)

The article was published in December 27, 2016. Since its publication, the article has not been revised or updated. The information is up to date for my topic because it was published in the last five years. Each of the links provided above are functional.

Relevance
(2 points)

The information does relate to my topic because it touches on student behavior in the classroom and how it can be changed through the implementation of the flipped classroom. The intended audience of this article is teachers, the article describes in detail how the flipped classroom affects student behavior in the classroom. The information is also at an appropriate level because it touches mainly on tertiary education. Before choosing this article, I had looked at a variety of sources. However, I still chose this article because I felt that it touched on my topic well by showing how a particular teaching method impacted student behavior and performance. I would, therefore, be comfortable using this article for a research paper.

Authority
(2 points)

The article’s publisher/sponsor/source is Springer. The article is on open access at Springerlink.com. The author’s credentials and organizational affiliations are given for Anja J. Boeve, the main author of the article. The author specializes in psychometrics and statistics, and also educational science. Her organizational affiliations include Heymans Institute and The University of Groningen. The author is qualified to write on the topic of student behavior because she specializes in educational science. The authors email address is given as [email protected]. The URL does reveal the last name of the author.

Accuracy
(2 points)

The information in the article mainly comes from a study conducted by the authors. The authors use the data from this study together with a careful analysis to show evidence. The article has been reviewed in several research review journals. I can also verify the information in at least two other sources. The tone used by the authors appears free of any bias or emotion. Also, there are no spelling, grammar or typographical errors.

Purpose
(2 points)

The purpose of the information provided in the article is to show how the impact that flipped classrooms have on student behavior and performance. The authors make this intention clear in their thesis statement. The information is fact because it is based on primary data. Also, the point of view appears objective because all the information provided is based on the data collected from the study. Also, the authors eliminate any bias in their research. There are no personal, political, cultural, ideological, religious, or institutional biases.