Journal Article Critique Each student will complete two reviews of literature utilizing scientific peer-reviewed journal articles that are data-driven, practical or theoretical in nature. Please note: Only scholarly research articles also known as peer-reviewed journal articles will be accepted for this assignment. Magazines, web pages, and newspaper articles will not be acceptable. Some examples of peer-reviewed journals in the HRD discipline include: Human Resource Development Review, Performance Improvement Quarterly, Journal of European Industrial Training, Advances in Developing Human Resources, Human Resource Development Quarterly, etc. At this stage in your development as a writer and researcher, it is assumed that you are new to the process of reviewing and critiquing research articles. Consequently, this journal article critique assignment will require your analysis and reaction to two research articles. To complete this assignment you must select two scholarly journal articles (one should be a scholarly data-driven article; while the other one may be data-driven, theoretical, or practical in nature). Each journal article critique must begin with a reference for the article correctly identified in APA 6th Edition format. Below the reference, your critique should start with a summary which indicates: 1. What was the problem addressed by the study? 2. Purpose of the study? 3. Methods? 4. Findings? 5. Conclusions? The second part of the article critique should include your discussion indicating: 1. What are the strengths of the journal article? 2. Where might this research be applicable? 3. Anything else you found interesting. As you can see, this is a bit different from writing a term paper on a specific subject. As a guide, you should be able to critique most research articles and address all the points above within two to three double-spaced pages maximum. Please note: Quoted material in your paper should NOT exceed 5 % of your submission. Exercise caution, paraphrase, and avoid plagiarizing the works of others. Upload both of your journal article critiques as a single Microsoft Word document/file. This assignment is worth 100 points and is due March 24 at 11:59 PM.

Journal Article Critique Each student will complete two reviews of literature utilizing scientific peer-reviewed journal articles that are data-driven, practical or theoretical in nature. Please note: Only scholarly research articles also known as peer-reviewed journal articles will be accepted for this assignment. Magazines, web pages, and newspaper articles will not be acceptable. Some examples of peer-reviewed journals in the HRD discipline include: Human Resource Development Review, Performance Improvement Quarterly, Journal of European Industrial Training, Advances in Developing Human Resources, Human Resource Development Quarterly, etc. At this stage in your development as a writer and researcher, it is assumed that you are new to the process of reviewing and critiquing research articles. Consequently, this journal article critique assignment will require your analysis and reaction to two research articles. To complete this assignment you must select two scholarly journal articles (one should be a scholarly data-driven article; while the other one may be data-driven, theoretical, or practical in nature). Each journal article critique must begin with a reference for the article correctly identified in APA 6th Edition format. Below the reference, your critique should start with a summary which indicates: 1. What was the problem addressed by the study? 2. Purpose of the study? 3. Methods? 4. Findings? 5. Conclusions? The second part of the article critique should include your discussion indicating: 1. What are the strengths of the journal article? 2. Where might this research be applicable? 3. Anything else you found interesting. As you can see, this is a bit different from writing a term paper on a specific subject. As a guide, you should be able to critique most research articles and address all the points above within two to three double-spaced pages maximum. Please note: Quoted material in your paper should NOT exceed 5 % of your submission. Exercise caution, paraphrase, and avoid plagiarizing the works of others. Upload both of your journal article critiques as a single Microsoft Word document/file. This assignment is worth 100 points and is due March 24 at 11:59 PM.