EDUC 302 Article Review Assignment Instructions

Overview

Being able to review and understand researched-based articles related to your field of study is important to expand your own professional growth. The article you are reviewing for this assignment is taken from The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease. You will gain valuable insight into what is helping and hurting literacy.

Instructions

Read the Read: TV and Audio: Hurting or Helping Literacy? article provided to you in the Learn section of Module 3: Week 3.

Your review must include a title page, summary, reflection, brochure choice, and references page. Each section is to be at least 250 words in length. The paper must be double-spaced, using headings to organize your review. You may use the first-person point of view in the reflection.

· Title Page

Your title page must include the Title of Paper (in bold), Your Name, your School/Department, Liberty University, COUR ###: Name of Course, Professor’s Name, assignment due date as Month xx, xxxx (all centered, double-spaced). You will also include a header with the page number flush right. Each page, including your title page, must have a header. In Microsoft Word, click Insert and then Header.

· Summary Page

Your summary must be on a new page and say “Summary” in bold at the top center of Page 2 in plain text. This section of the paper must be at least 250 words and include general information about BOTH pages of the article.

· Reflection Page

Your reflection must be on a new page and say “Reflection” in bold at the top center of Page 3 in plain text. This section of the paper must be at least 250 words and include a reflection on how you would apply the content of the article to your own classroom.

· Brochures Page

Your brochure choices must be on a new page and say “Brochures” in bold at the top center of Page 4 in plain text. This section of the paper must be at least 250 words. To find the brochures, use the tan box at the bottom of the article, click on the link about Trelease Brochures and open two of the links containing the brochures that you would select to print out and give to parents. Make sure you include why you chose those two brochures, what information you learned, and why you feel it is beneficial to use with your students’ parents. Each brochure should be discussed separately and the title of the brochure should be mentioned at the beginning in current APA format.

· References Page

Make sure that your references page says “References” in bold at the top center of Page 5 in plain text. You must cite everything referenced in the Article Review including the actual article and brochures.

· The references must be in alphabetical order with hanging indentions. In Microsoft Word, you can highlight your reference, right-click and click Paragraph, then in the Indention section of the box that opens, click Special and then select Hanging.

· Be sure that your references are in current APA format and include where you obtained your reference from if it was obtained online. See the example below:

Jonas, K., & Bromer, P. (1997). Effects of attitudinal ambivalence on information processing and attitude-intention consistency. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 33¸190–21. Doi:10.1006/jesp.1996.1317

You must use current APA formatting throughout your paper.

In-text citations are vital for your paper. You will need to cite any and all information or ideas that are not your own. Both of the sentences below are examples to help you correctly cite information. Be careful not to overuse quotes, as this is a form of plagiarism.

· “If you directly quote, you will need quotation marks along with the page number at the end of the citation” (Gibson, 2010, p. 123).

· If you summarize or paraphrase a reference, then you do not need to include the page number at the end of the citation (Gibson & Stevenson, 2010).

 

A grading rubric is provided to ensure you follow the expectations.