The document provides guidance on writing a critical review, which involves summarizing an article and critically evaluating it. A critical review demonstrates that the student can understand an article's main points, analyze its arguments and findings, evaluate it based on relevant criteria, and provide a critical assessment. The review should include an introduction identifying the article and its purpose, a summary of the article's key points, and an evaluation of its strengths, weaknesses and value.
Synopsis is the gist of your planned project submitted for approval from competent authorities. It gives a panoramic view of your research for quick analysis by the reviewers.
Synopsis is the gist of your planned project submitted for approval from competent authorities. It gives a panoramic view of your research for quick analysis by the reviewers.
Some important Referencing Style used in researchmainly four type referencing styles are explained in this presentation. Chicago, MLA, APA,and AIP. In-text citation and refrencing style both are explained here with the help of format and by giving examples.
Review of literature is one of the most important steps in the research process.
Literature review helps the researcher to get used to the related material on the study
Gives an overview of the field of inquiry on what has been already said about the topic.
Literature reviews also provide a solid background for a research paper’s investigation.
It also provide the knowledge about the problems faced by the previous researchers’ while studying same topic
Some important Referencing Style used in researchmainly four type referencing styles are explained in this presentation. Chicago, MLA, APA,and AIP. In-text citation and refrencing style both are explained here with the help of format and by giving examples.
Review of literature is one of the most important steps in the research process.
Literature review helps the researcher to get used to the related material on the study
Gives an overview of the field of inquiry on what has been already said about the topic.
Literature reviews also provide a solid background for a research paper’s investigation.
It also provide the knowledge about the problems faced by the previous researchers’ while studying same topic
This presentation gives an insight of what is a review paper,
Purpose & Objective, functions of Review Articles, Difference between Research and Review Articles, Types of Review Articles
Key points to write Review Article, Writing a Scientific Literature Review, Parts of review paper, elements of a review paper, how to write different sections of a review article
Literature Review- Dr Ryan Thomas WilliamsRyan Williams
A review of the previous experiments and investigations done within our chosen topic area.
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Induction Module
Brief and Guidelines
Assignment 3a
Writing a Critical Review
Detailed Assessment Information
Submission Details
The aim assignment 3a is to develop your skills in evaluating an author’s work and producing a
critical analysis that expresses your opinion and evaluation of it. Writing a critical review requires
both critical reading and critical writing.
Worth: 20% of your overall grade
Requirements
Typed in an electronic format (Word or PDF document)
Uploaded to the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
Follows the structure of a Critical Review
Do not use headings to divide your work into sections.
Document’s name should be your student number and name.
Cover Page (Including Course Name, Your Name and Student ID Number, Title of your
Essay, Tutor’s Name, Date)
The word limit is 700 words (+/- 10%)
Includes in-text citation and a Reference List on a Separate Page using the correct
Reference Style
Please Note
By submitting your work you are agreeing to abide by the University’s regulations on
plagiarism. For further information on UNICAF’s stance on plagiarism, please read the
University's Student Regulations.
The box on the right hand side of the assignment must be ticked √ in order to proceed to
uploading the next assignment.
Instructions
In order to write your Critical Review you must follow the structure used for critical reviews that will
best allow you to support your thesis within the required word limit constraint.
Structure of a Critical Review
1. Introduction (with thesis)
2. Overview of the text
3. Evaluation of the text
Point 1
Point 2
Point 3
Point 4 …(continue as
necessary)
4. Conclusion
5. References
6. Conclusion1. Introduction
The length of an introduction is usually one paragraph for a journal article.
Include a few opening sentences that announce the author(s) and the title.
Briefly explain the topic of the text.
Present the aim of the text and summarise the main finding or key argument.
Conclude the introduction with a brief statement of your evaluation of the text. This can be a
positive or negative evaluation or a mixed response.
2. Overview
Present a summary of the key points along with a limited number of examples.
Briefly explain the author’s purpose/intentions throughout the text.
Briefly describe how the text is organised.
The overview should only make up about a third of the critical review.
3. Evaluation
The critique should be a balanced discussion and evaluation of the strengths, weakness and
notable features of the text.
Remember to base your discussion on specific criteria. Good reviews also include other
sources to support your evaluation (remember to reference).
You can choose how to sequence your critique. Here are some examples to get you started:
Most important to least important conclusions you make about the text.
If your critique is more positive than negativ ...
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1. Writing a Critical Review
What is a critical review?
A critical review is a review of an article that combines a summary and a critical comment.
Why are you asked to write a critical review?
Students in the Australian School of Business are required to write critical reviews in some
of your courses to enable you to demonstrate that you can:
read to understand the main points in an article
analyse the findings or argument of the article
decide the appropriate criteria by which to evaluate the article
provide a critical evaluation of the article based on the criteria selected.
The ability to read critically is not only important in academic study, it is also important in
business because critical abilities enable practitioners to keep up to date and adjust to
change; to assess and comment on problems and proposed solutions published in
professional literature; and to evaluate and comment on solutions proposed in the
workplace.
What steps should you take in summarising an article?
1. Take a quick overview of the article by reading
the title
the abstract
the introduction
the subheadings
the conclusion
2. Read the article without taking notes in order to gain an overall idea of its aim and main
idea.
3. Read the article again analytically and make notes of main ideas and main topic.
Highlight important ideas.
Make brief notes in the margin or on paper.
4. Check your notes to ensure that they include:
the main aim of the article, e.g. to analyse, explain, evaluate, argue, citicise,
discuss opposing views
the methodological approach, e.g. empirical research, financial analysis,
textual analysis
the main findings/conclusions
5. Use your notes to write a summary
6. In your summary ensure that you have paraphrased not plagiarised the authors' words
and used quotations sparingly.
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2. What is involved in commenting critically on an article?
Commenting critically on an article involves analysis and evaluation. Analysis of the article
involves dissecting the information presented in order to identify the purpose, the main
points, the methodology and the findings or conclusions of the article (This is done in the
initial summarising step).
In addition, analysis for critical comment involves identifying:
1. unstated assumptions
2. steps in the argument that are not logical
3. any additional purposes of the article that are not explicitly stated.
Evaluation of the article involves making judgments about the value (both positive and
negative) of the article against specific criteria.
What criteria can be used for evaluating an article?
The following criteria are useful; however, not all of them will be relevant for evaluating all
articles:
• the timeliness of the article
• the degree to which the article makes an original contribution
• the logic of the view put forward
• the validity of the evidence put forward
• the theoretical framework used
Is the framework valid?
Has the framework been applied appropriately?
• the methodology used
Is the methodology appropriate?
Is the methodological approach explained clearly?
Does the methodological approach have any weaknesses?
Is the study sufficiently comprehensive and thorough?
Is anything important omitted in the research?
• the findings
Are the findings presented and described clearly and fully?
Do the findings seem sound?
Could the data be interpreted in another way?
Do/does the author(s) account for everything in the data or do they ignore
something that might be important?
• the validity of the conclusions
• the thoroughness with which the article treats the topic
• its value compared to that of other articles on the topic
• the appropriateness of the article for the intended audience
• the extent to which it might satisfy the specific needs of a specific user.
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3. What is the structure of a critical review?
Like most other writing you do at university a critical review has an introduction, a body
and a conclusion.
Introduction
In the introduction you should:
• provide a context for the article (background information or shared knowledge)
• give the title of the article and name of author (full name is possible here with
subsequent references to the family name only)
• identify the writer by profession or importance if appropriate
• include some indication as to why the subject is important and thus worth writing
about
• identify the purpose of the article
• give an indication of your overall impression of the article in general terms.
Body
In the body you should:
• summarise and analyse the contents of the article
• make clear by frequent reference to the author(s) of the article that you are
presenting the author(s) views, not yours
• evaluate the article.
The following is a suggested structure:
• an analytical summary of main findings/arguments/conclusions of article
• strengths/usefulness of article
• weaknesses/limitations/problems of the article especially for your purposes
(Or you might put these together so that each paragraph includes all four.)
Conclusion
In the conclusion you should:
• summarise the previous discussion
• make a final judgement on the value of the article
• comment on the future of the issue/topic or implications of the view expressed.
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4. What makes a good critical review?
A good critical review:
• gives correct information about the author, date and article in the introduction
• summarises the purpose and main idea of the article in the introduction
• shows evidence of analytical thinking in the summary section
• evaluates the article against a number of criteria
• provides a final evaluation indicating the balance that is seen to exist between the
strengths and weaknesses of the article
• makes sufficient reference to the author of the article
• makes appropriate use of reporting verbs
• makes appropriate use of summarising vocabulary - words that sum up the ideas in
previous sentences and paragraphs
• makes appropriate use of evaluation vocabulary
• provides clear transitions between paragraphs that are helpful in guiding the reader
through the review
• provides full bibliographical details of the article at the end of the review.
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