Chapter 10: Reading, Summarizing, Critiquing a Scientific Research Article

Content

Reading

Summarizing

Critiquing

ideally, all of these should be found in the abstract

essentials - what to look for

results

experimental approach

significance

purpose

First Read

Second Read

Pre-reading

skim the paper, familiarize with key terms - overall purpose

in the follow order : abstract- intro - conclusion

find the purpose, issues, findings, significance

Read entire paper - question the literature, analyze and examine the figures and tables - make notes

Third Read

Study the notes, clarify anything that are unsure of - then read again

RD / approach

results

research in relation to field or industry

discussion of results - methods

purpose

conclusions from exp

significance / implications

weaknesses

improvements

strengths