Alternative research assignment, Part II

Instructions Alternative Research Assignment: Writing Assignment on Peer Reviewed Article. Guidelines for paper. This assignment is submitted in two parts. Both parts are submitted directly to your instructor. Each part is equivalent to two hours of research credit (25 points for each part, in order to achieve a total of 50 points towards your final grade). Part 1/Appendix C: You will upload two peer-reviewed empirical journal articles from an APA or ACA journal (see list) that has been published within the past year. These two peer-reviewed empirical articles must be topically related to one another. In addition, you will write a review of each article, as if you were reviewing for the journal editor. To do this, please complete the worksheet, Appendix C. You just present a brief summary of the purpose of the study, the research question(s) posed or hypotheses, the sample collected, the measures, and the major findings from the study. Afterwards, you will then provide a numbered list of limitations of the article. You should be able to find all of this information in the text of the article. Part 2: You will write a critical review that synthesizes your reactions to the two articles. Your paper must be APA style (e.g., title page, no abstract, double-spaced, reference page). The paper should be 800-1000 words. Please use the following organization. The first section should include a general summary of the studies conducted (between 200-400 words). The second section should involve your critical analysis of the articles (less than 600-800 words). Identify and defend the article that makes the strongest argument and will have the more significant impact on the topic/population it is written about. Integrate information from your course into the critique of the article. You might discuss the practical significance of the research. The third section will involve your suggestions for future research in this area, based on what you have learned in your course. This should not be a summary of what the authors suggested as recommendations for future research, but rather, your own personal suggestions for future research based on the reported findings. Please use headings in alignment with APA style (i.e., Summary, Analysis, Suggestions for Future Research). The paper will be graded based on the quality of content and alignment with APA style. Each article may earn up to four credits toward your research requirement. You must turn in both your summary/analysis of the article and a PDF of the article (or link to the article if a PDF is not available) when you submit your work for this alternative. Be sure to write your paper in your own words! Using actual phrases from the article without quotes is plagiarism. Paraphrasing sentences (e.g., substituting words here and there) is also plagiarism. Using the authors' ideas without providing credit is also plagiarism. You also may not plagiarize your own work from another course. Any plagiarism will result in zero credit for the assignment. Due on Apr 18, 2025 11:59 PM