Due Date: 17 May April 2015 @ 0500
Rationale
Reading logs help students interact with reference materials. They provide a record of what students have read and a starter to discuss what they achieved by reading it. They help students reflect on themselves as readers.
Reading log entry criteria
1 The correct citation of the reference;
2 The main thesis of the reference;
3 Any predictions or applicability to future states or about what might happen next;
4 How you felt about what you have read in terms of accuracy, reliability, validity and generalizability;
5 Issues/assertions in the reading that you agree with and why you agree with it;
6 Issues/assertions in the reading that you disagree with and why you disagree with it;
7 Why the material read is useful (or not).
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The Task
Pick 2 Peer reviewed journal articles and Using the above seven (7) Reading Log entry criteria as headings, write at least 200 words and no more than 300 words on each of the reference materials selected. You may choose to write these in a table (see below for an example of the table) or you may write these in essay form under again using the criteria as headings in the essay. Please make sure that you only use peer reviewed journal articles or research reports as using web pages or documents shown on WHO or other non-peer reviewed sources will not attract any marks. If you are unsure contact your lecturer. You may use any format you wish as long as it contains the headings listed below in the example. You may also use the format that is shown in the example below according to your own preference.
Example for Reading log with Criterion and Discussion
Correct Citation
Using APA6 format ONLY, cite the article correctly
Main Thesis
The main thesis of a research paper or peer reviewed journal article is a concise summary of the main point or claimof the paper, etc. A thesis statement is usually one sentence that appears at the end of the first paragraph, though it may occur as more than one.
Predictions and/or Applicability
Predictions refer to the quality of being regarded as likely to happen as a behaviour or event. Applicability refers to the act or state of being relevant and pertinent to the area being researched .
Accuracy/Reliability/Vallidity/generalizability
Accuracy refers to the quality or state of being correct or precise. Reliability refers to the extent to which an experiment, test, or measuring procedure yields the same results on repeated trials.Validity refers to the quality of being logically or factually sound or cogent and generalizability refers to Generalizability is applied by researchers in an academic setting. It can be defined as the extension of research findings and conclusions from a study conducted on a sample population to the population at large. While the dependability of this extension is not absolute, it is statistically probable.
Agreed Issues/assertions and rationale
List the issues or assertions in the paper that you agree with and why you agree with them. Perhaps you agree beause of the sample size, other authors who are asserting similar things, your own life experience or because empirical evidence supports the assertion.
Disagreed Issues and rationale
List the issues or assertions in the paper that you disagree with and why you disagree with them. Perhaps you agree beause of the sample size, other authors who are asserting different things, your own life experience or because empirical evidence does not supports the assertion.
Usefulness or otherwise of the article and why
Describe why the article is useful or is not useful. YOu should provide rationale fromt the lilterature to support your postiion on the usefulness of the article.
Marking criteria
Criteria Marks
Citation 1
The main thesis 1
Predictions and applicability 18
Opinion on accuracy, reliability and validity 20
Issues you agree with and rationale 20
Issues you disagree with and rationale 20
Why is this article useful/not useful 20
Mailed you the 2 peer reviewed journal articles as well. Please find it attached.