Please critique the research article entitled: "Effectiveness of graphic organizers in computer-based instruction with dominant Spanish-speaking and dominant English-speaking students.
1. Identify the author(s), date,
title, and journal in APA format.
2. Describe the problem that was investigated.
- Was this a worthwhile problem to examine?
- Will it make a contribution?
- Why or why not?
3. The literature review.
- Was the literature review (background) in enough detail
to give you enough information for the report that followed?
- If not, what parts could have been improved?
4. Describe the sampling techniques used in the study.
- To whom could this knowledge be generalized?
- In what ways might the sampling have been improved?
5. Briefly describe the instrument(s) used in the
study.
- Do you feel this was an appropriate choice?
- If not, why, and what could be done to increase the
appropriateness?
6. The treatment.
- Explain the treatment the experimenter used.
- Explain why you do or do not feel the treatment was appropriate
for the research question.
7. Type of study
- Was this study a qualitative, descriptive, correlational,
causal-comparative, or experimental study?
- What leads you to this conclusion?
8. Identify the statistical analysis techniques used
in the study.
9. What were the major conclusions and recommendations
reached in the report?
- Do these relate to the initial problem?
- Do you believe the conclusion was valid from the information
presented in the report?
10. What do you see as the strengths and weaknesses
of this study?
- What did you learn that can be used in the future?
