Article Analyses Submission Form

What is your research topic?

Enter your article summary and critique related to Research Problem/Question in the space provided below. Guiding questions are:

• What problem did the author(s) present for research?
• Is the problem an important/relevant one to the field of instructional technology?
• Will this study contribute to our understanding of the problem?
• Do they provide a good rationale for why such a study is important?

Enter your article summary and critique related to Literature Review in the space provided below. Guiding questions are:

• Does the literature review draw from multiple sources, past and present?
• Does the literature review provide definitions of the key constructs they are investigating?
• Do the authors critically evaluate the studies they review?
• Does the literature provide support that this study is needed?

Enter your article summary and critique related to Questions/Hypotheses in the space provided below. Guiding questions are:

• What were the research questions/hypotheses that the author(s) proposed?
• Are the questions/hypotheses clearly stated?
• Will the answer(s) to the question(s) be applicable to practice in the field of IT?
• Will the answer(s) to the question(s) help us understand the problem better?

Enter your article summary and critique related to Research Design and Methods in the space provided below. Guiding questions are:

• Who were the subjects?  How were they obtained? Is the sample (subjects) they used appropriate for answering the questions?
• Can you generalize findings to a larger population? Will you be able to apply their findings to similar settings?
• What instruments/measures did they use?  What data did they collect? Were the instruments or measures they used clearly identified/explained? Did they provide information about their validity and reliability?
• What procedures were followed to conduct the study? Do the authors convey clearly the procedures used for collecting and analyzing the data?

Enter your article summary and critique related to Results and Discussion in the space provided below. Guiding questions are:

• What quantitative or qualitative analysis procedures did the author(s) use? Are the analysis techniques they used (whether quantitative or qualitative) clearly explained?
• What were the findings/what answers did they provide to the research questions they posed? Do the findings they report seem plausible given the data they analyzed? Do they make sense?
• What conclusions did the author(s) make based on the findings? Do the conclusions they make follow logically from the data analysis findings?
• Do the conclusions they make match the questions they posed at the beginning of the article?
• Do the authors report limitations to their study? What were they?
• Do the authors provide important implications for practice? What were they?
• Do the authors make suggestions for future research in this topic? What were they?

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