High aspirations: Transforming dance students from print consumers to digital producers

A. Page 1
Full Title of the article, your name, Jackson State University
Properly composed and formatted cover page according to APA guidelines (7th edition); no running
head
Article was published less than 6 years ago (if possible)
B. Pages 2-3 Full title of the article (titles 1 – 5 are all level one headings)
1. The Problem
Is the problem clearly stated?
Is the problem practically important?
What is the purpose of the study?
What is the hypothesis?
Are the key terms defined?
2. Review of Literature
Are the cited sources pertinent to the study?
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Is the review too broad or too narrow?
Are the references recent?
Are the references thorough enough for the topic of the paper?
What possible evidence of bias exists?
3. Design and procedures
What research design was used (survey, observation, experiment)?
Was it a pilot, replica study, or an original study?
What measurement tools were used? What statistical formulas were employed?
How were the procedures structured?
What are the variables? How was sampling conducted?
4. Data Analysis and presentation
How were data analyzed?
W ere data qualitative or quantitative?
Did findings support the hypothesis and purpose?
Were weaknesses and problems discussed?
5. Conclusions and Implications
Are the conclusions of the study related to the original purpose?
Address the credibility of the authors or principal investigators.
Were the implications discussed?
Whom will the results and conclusions affect?
What recommendations were made at the conclusion?
6. Overall Assessment of the Article
What is your overall assessment of the study’s value and significance?
What did you learn?
C. Page 4 Reference Article citation in APA 7th Ed. Format
D. Overall APA 7th Edition Format