Guided by the 5-guiding questions below, read the essay and article below.
Article – Meta-Analyses in Special Ed. Exploring the Evidence Base for HLPs.pdf
Complete a critical analysis of the article by using the essay as support. Use the questions below as a foundation for the analysis. Do not answer the questions but use the question as the basis to complete the critical analysis, particularly focus on any counter-arguments in the literature.
What do we mean by “read critically”? Critical reading means more than just skimming the subheadings of a textbook chapter or highlighting the occasional phrase. Critical reading means taking the time to think carefully about what is being said in a text. It involves identifying key features in the reading, such as the author’s argument and the evidence being used to support it. It means not taking for granted that whatever you are reading is objective or absolute fact but analyzing and evaluating the credibility of the text using a set of criteria.
Within the context of a narrative, once you have read the article, make sure the analysis answers the following five questions:
- What is the main topic of the article?
- What is the issue being discussed?
- What position (argument) does the author make?
- What evidence does the author put forward?
- How convincing is this evidence (quality of evidence, inclusion/discussion of counter-arguments, glaring omissions)?