Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to read, paraphrase and summarize a concept article. This assignment promotes critical thinking and scientific journal article literacy. This first article is a light read to begin to familiarize students with identifying key aspects of an article.
Instruction: Write a one page article summary (250 – 750 words). The article summary should include
- Title – Author
- Paraphrased summary of the content in your own words
- Capture the salient parts of the article
- write it as if you were re-explaining it to someone else
