Overview
We all have questions, and we all have answers. Often, we think we know the answer before we ask the question. For this course, you will learn how to ask good questions and find researched and thoughtfully crafted solutions. By the end of this course, you will apply these skills to develop a question or problem to solve in your discipline or program of study. One way to ask good questions as a critical thinker is to learn how to become a critical reader. In this week’s assignment, you will apply the critical thinking process to evaluate a scholarly article on a topic that interests you and that is relevant to your major or profession.
Preparation
If you haven’t already, complete the following to prepare for your assignment:
- Review the readings in Week 1 and Week 2, particularly the “Reading Critically” section of Chapter 2 (pages 73–75) in your Thinking Critically textbook.
- Using the Capella University LibraryLinks to an external site. databases, select a scholarly article about a topic you are interested in exploring and that relates to your profession or major. Be sure the article you choose includes a research study based on a research question. It should not be an editorial article or a review of other studies. Contact your instructor if you are unclear whether your selected article is suitable for this assignment.