Description
Instructions
Your task is:
Go to the Assignments link in the Left Margin (in Quercus) and look for the peerScholar Papers link … click on it
You’ll see there are two papers there … you should start by looking at them both and deciding which one your want to focus on. That is, you will eventually need to know them both, but for the Create Phase you will choose one of them to write about. So check them out and choose which one.
Summarize the article in your own words (with proper APA citations). Your summary should include all of the following information:
Discuss the theory was the research based on
Highlight at least one of the hypotheses the research was meant to address
- Discuss all relevant variables, and specify if they were dependent or independent variables
What research method was being used to address the hypothesis?
What was the result of the research? Did the result confirm the hypothesis or not?
- Imagine you are now the researcher, and do the following:
- Propose an experiment that could extend this research further.
Explain why you think it would be a good idea to conduct this follow up experiment.