critical reading strategies: overview of research process week 3
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Critical Reading Strategies: Overview of
Research Process
Week 3
Critical Thinking
A rational examination of ideas, inferences, principles, conclusions– Uses criteria for critiquing– Clarifies – Considers content appropriateness– Questions own thinking– Uses skepticism
Critical Reading
Active, intellectual process where the reader uses interpretation and objective assessment of written material– Identify concepts– Clarify concepts – Question assumptions and rationale– Determine supporting evidence
Four Levels of Critical Reading
Preliminary understanding: skimming– Title– Abstract– Identify main theme
Critical Reading Levels (cont)
Comprehensive understanding:– Variables and concepts
• Definitions• Relationships
– Terminology– Main idea or theme– Restate in own words
Critical Reading Levels (cont)
Analysis understanding: – Understand parts– Begin to critique– Summarize in own words each part
Synthesis understanding: – Put together– Explain relationships– Critique
Critiquing
A process of objectively and critically evaluate content for scientific merit and application to practice, theory, and education.– Uses criteria: research process– Find strengths as well as weaknesses
Abstract
Brief (50-250 words) Comprehensive (succinct)
– Research purpose– Research questions and/or hypotheses– Methodology – Results– Implications for practice or future research
Research Problem or Purpose
Researcher presents a picture of area researched– Abstract– Introduction– Aims– Conceptual framework
Purpose
Why study was done is defined– Introduction– End of Literature Review– End of Conceptual Framework
Literature Review and Framework Presents main concepts investigated
– Review of Literature– Literature Review– Theoretical Framework– Related Literature– Background– Conceptual Framework
Hypothesis, Problem or Question Quantitative Research
– Problems, hypotheses, questions
Qualitative Research– Questions and purposes
Found:– Under separate headings– Introduction– Background– Results or Findings
Design
Blueprint of study– How purpose and problem were studied – Differs by qualitative or quantitative
Found– Procedures– Methods
Sample
Who are the subjects and how were they selected?– Type– Size
Found:– Methods– Methodology– Subjects– Sample
Instruments: Measurement tools Validity
– Measurement instrument measures what it is supposed to measure
Reliability– Measurement instrument is consistent in
measures.
Procedures and Data Collection How data or information collected How measures or instruments used Found
– Procedures– Data collection
Data Analysis and Results
Procedures for analyzing data– Statistical tests– Descriptive/inferential tests results– Procedures to analyze themes, concepts,
observational data Found
– Results – Findings– Method
Discussion of Findings
Ties parts together for a whole New findings Unexpected findings Found
– Discussion
Implications, Limitations, and Recommendations Based on findings Suggest applications for practice and
education Self critique Found
– Conclusion and recommendation– Discussion – Implications
References Resources used in research or article
– Primary– Secondary
Support for material presented