Week 2 Homework

Reading Journal Articles questions

1. What do you need to do to prepare to read a peer-reviewed article?
Keep in mind key questions and topics that will help with note taking.
2. What should you do while reading a peer-reviewed article?
Condense and paraphrase what you read, take notes of thoughts and questions as you read, and
annotate.
3. What should you do when you finish reading a peer-reviewed article?
Revisit the article, explain outloud what you just read to someone or to yourself, and create
flashcards to test yourself

Passage into college writing questions

1. Who published this text (what journal)?
Composition Form published “passage into college writing”
2. Is it peer-reviewed and how do you know?
This article is peer reviewed because it was published by a journal, it has an abstract, and has
citation throughout
3. What is the author’s thesis?
“However, given the high enrollments of international students in FYC today, it is essential that
faculty and administrators consider their unique situations, which, as I will emphasize, are both
similar to and different than those of students who have completed their secondary schooling in
the U.S.”
4. What evidence does the author use to support the thesis?
The author supports this by stating “ By engaging qualitatively with international students’
individual passages into higher education, I aim to integrate their experiences into the broader
conversations on transition and transfer in FYC.”
5. Who is the audience of this article?
The audience of this article are international students and professors that teach international
students.
 Invention Workshop
Pg. 300 Reflective Activity
The topic I decided to analyze was COVID-19. I find the information shown is trustworthy
because we all somewhat know what COVID now. The tone of this entry is informative.

Validation of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale in a US College Sample questions

1. Who published this text (what journal)?
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction published this article.
2. Is it peer-reviewed and how do you know?
This article is peer reviewed because it has an abstract, citations throughout and credible authors.
3. What is the author’s thesis?
“Overall, student life became more unpredictable and stressful”
4. What evidence does the author use to support the thesis?
The author states that 91% of students reported higher stress or anxiety.
5. Who is the audience of this article?
The audience of this article are people that want to know how covid affected students.
6. What methods did the authors use to answer their research questions?
The author had a survey and included data to support their findings.