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Reading and Compreheding Scientific Articles - Coggle Diagram
Reading and Compreheding Scientific Articles
The correct order to first read a scientific article:
1.Abstract: Mini summary of paper that gives overall understanding of what the reader will find. Briefly covers approach, question, results, and their significance.
2.Discussion: Key findings of the paper, the meaning of the results and their impact.
Introduction: Background information and the overall question at hand.
4.Results: Gives all the findings, uses figures and qualitative and quantitative data.
5.Methods: Experimental approach/procedure.
Don't read through the article start to finish first, instead follow the given order and locate the main point being made by the author.
Look for some key words to find main points of the article.
"We hypothesize that..."
"We propose...."
"We introduce..."
Be able to summarize the scientific paper that was read. Essentially, be able to write an expanded abstract using your own thoughts and interpretations of the paper. Include:
Overall purpose
Context of the field
Experimental/research approach
Key findings
Major conclusions
Importance of work
Be able to critique the paper
Highlight the strengths and weaknesses of the components of the paper: the approach, findings, and interpretations.
Critiquing a paper is subjective writing.
Critique all 5 components of the paper: intro, methods, results, discussion, conclusion.