Assignment 1 Part 1: Entering the Research Process

While these assumptions are factually correct, they do not need to keep you from being comfortable and fluent reading research. The solution is to learn to identify and then focus on strategic pieces of information within each article. “A Practical Guide to Reading Research Articles,” in the resources this week, is a tool to help you learn this process. This assignment provides you with an opportunity to use this reading as a tool to practice and hone your research reading skills. Step-by-step instructions will guide you through the reading process so that you learn to apply this tool in a systematic manner.

Follow the steps below to complete this portion of the assignment:

• Review Chapter 1 “Introduction to Research” Sections 1.1 – 1.5 in the text.
• Review the article “A Practical Guide to Reading Research Articles”
• Keep the Glossary in the course text nearby and use it as a guide to terminology that might be new to you and that you may encounter when reading research articles.
• Chose one of the research articles listed below.
• Click on the link below and follow the instructions.

Please see attachments for article and instructions mentioned above.