Articles-
1. SOCIALIZATION OF DOCTORAL STUDENTS TO ACADEMIC NORMS
2. Developmental networks and learning: toward an interdisciplinary perspective on identity development during doctoral study
3. Critical thinking in Distance Education and Traditional Education
I. Introduction
A) Capture the reader's interest
B) Provide context for the paper
1. Introduce the articles' purpose
2. Commonalities/shared themes between articles
3. Why is that interesting or important?
C) Include a clear thesis statement
II. Comparison of Research Questions
A) Commonalities/shared themes between articles' hypotheses and research questions.
Things to address in this section of the paper: What are the research questions and hypotheses asked by the authors? How do they compare to one another? Why might the differences and similarities be important? Number of questions important? Who are they directed towards?
III. Comparison of Literature Reviews
A) Commonalities/shared themes and authors between articles
B) Conclusions I can draw from the shared themes
a. Things to address in this section of the paper: What are the main themes of each article's lit review? What do they share in common? What conclusions can you draw from that?
IV. Research Participants
A) Samples for the three articles (If there is no sample, then you want to discuss briefly why)
B) Commonalities/shared themes between articles
Things to address in this section of the paper: Who participated in this study? What is important about the participants? What do the articles have in common.
V. Comparison of Limitations ( I recommend these two sub-headings)
A) Brief intro to section
B) Author Identified Limitations
C) Non-identified Limitations
VI. Comparison of Results
A) Results for the three articles.
B) Commonalities/shared themes between articles
Things to address in this section of the paper: What are the results of the studies? What conclusions did the authors draw? What commonalities do you see between articles? Why might that be important? What might that mean?
VII. Conclusion
A) What is your conclusion? What conclusions can you draw from their combined research? What is the overall message of the articles? Why is this important?
B) What suggestions might you have for future research, or practical application of this information?