Week 1 Written Assignment

Critique Of Two Articles

In the discussion 1 forum, you identified either a curriculum issue/support system solution OR an instructional strategy that you would like to explore during this course. You will choose either the curriculum issue/support system solution OR an instructional strategy and explore scholarly, peer-reviewed professional articles on the topic. Choose two of them to analyze for this assignment (keeping the rest for a possible inclusion in either your annotated bibliography of a curriculum issue or to reference in your final benchmark project. The articles chosen for the critique should be within the past 5 years.

1. You will need to:
2. Have a title page
3. A brief statement of the issue you are investigating (similar to the posting in the discussion question).
4. Present the abstract you have prepared for each article.

In the abstract, you will include:

• How you determined it was a peer-reviewed and scholarly article (e.g., Ulrichsweb Global Series Directory, or preface of journal).
• In one or two sentences, the main thesis (controlling idea) or concern of the text. Be sure to avoid sweeping generalities.
• The context for this writer’s argument: Does the writer seem to be adopting a particular political, philosophical, or theoretical perspective? Is the writer responding to some particular cultural debate? Consider the forum in which this work was published.
• A summary of main points
• Postulate how this will help your project