Homework: Critical Reading and Researching Main Ideas
In this homework, you reviewed reading strategies and examined your own research process. Now you will put these concepts and insights in practice for this Week's Homework.
To prepare for this Homework:
A. Review the Learning Resource on Determining the Main Points of a Reading.
B. Choose one of the preselected journal articles in this week's Learning Resources.
C. Applying the concepts from this week's resources, critically read the journal article, taking notes or engaging in any research methods that you would like to try.
Task:
Select three related main points from the journal article (excluding the Abstract), and directly quote them.
In addition to the directly quoted main points, compose 1-2 sentences of rationale for each main point. Use these sentences to explain the reason you selected each point from the journal article. Consider the following questions in your rationale:
A. Why are these three specific points the author's main ideas?
B. What makes them stand out to you as a critical reader?
C. How are these main points related to one another?
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the homework, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.