Isabella Ramos

Professor Jason Dew

ENGL 1302 280
1/24/23

Reading Journal Articles

1. What do you need to do to prepare to read a peer-reviewed article?
- It would help if you asked your professor for any guiding questions. Then start by
reading the first and the last page to get an overall feel of the article, and take
notes by converting headings and topics into easy questions.

2. What should you do while reading a peer-reviewed article?

- When reading the peer-reviewed article, it's okay to read out of order or only
certain sections at a time to understand better what you are reading; condensing
and paraphrasing also helps. Additionally, rather than overly highlighting and
underlining, read the entire paragraph first, then decide after what were the
essential points, and annotate.

3. What should you do when you finish reading a peer-reviewed article?

- After finishing reading, you should reread a few days later to connect things you
didn't understand or remember the first time you read. Try active study strategies
like paraphrasing, sharing what you read with a friend or out loud to yourself, and
writing flashcards or something that can help you think critically about what you
read.

Passages into College Writing: Listening to the Experiences of International Students

1. Who published this text (what journal)?
- Composition Forum

2. Is it peer-reviewed and how do you know?

- Yes, it is a peer-reviewed article because I searched the Title with “Scholarly
(peer-reviewed) at the end, and a link popped up, meaning it's peer-reviewed.
3. What is the author’s thesis?
- “My study deepens and complicates the existing knowledge about international
students’ pre-college experiences. However, the study also makes two more
contributions. First, by centering students’ own perceptions of their writing
passages, as documented through interview data, I explore their first encounters
with the rhetorical reality of U.S. higher education, with particular focus on their
new discoveries and challenges”

4. What evidence does the author use to support the thesis?

- The author supported his thesis by providing the writing background of the nine
participants in this study. He visited their first-year writing classrooms, connected
with them through email and in person, and analyzed their college preparation and
high school experiences in writing classes. He then compared it to how they are
currently doing in college to see whether or not they had an easy transition.

5. Who is the audience of this article?

- The audience is people who work with international students to better understand
their pre-college experiences compared to those who have been US educated.

6. What are your reactions to this article?

- This article is very interesting, especially since TAMIU is an international
University. It's easy to assume that everyone received the same or a similar level
of education, but that is only sometimes true. Reading this made me realize that
more equal opportunities should be given to students and more resources to help
improve writing skills. Also, professors should be more open to listening to their
students' concerns.
Validation of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale in a US College Sample
1. Who published this text (what journal)?
- International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

2. Is it peer-reviewed and how do you know?

- Yes, it is peer-reviewed because the International Journal of Mental Health and
Addiction operates on a peer-reviewed system.

3. What is the author’s thesis?

- “The incomplete nature of our understanding of the phenomenon of
COVID-19-related distress means more information is needed before intervention
development begins (Rajkumar 2020). A first step is to evaluate the measurement
of psychological distress associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular,
fear and anxiety regarding COVID-19 need to be evaluated for potential utility in
research and clinical practice”

4. What evidence does the author use to support the thesis?

- The article's author supports their thesis by collecting data from 237 college
students by having them fill out questionnaires that correlate with the issue of fear
regarding COVID-19.

5. Who is the audience of this article?

- The audience of this article is college students

6. What methods did the authors use to answer their research questions?
- They used The FCV-19S, a questionnaire correlating measurements of
health-related anxiety, depression, and perceived vulnerability to disease, and the
Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) scale.
Reflective Activity:

Utilitarianism - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism

1. How trustworthy do you find the information?

- The information in this wiki article seems pretty trustworth

2. What makes you trust it (or not)?

- I trust this article not only does the information seem accurate, but because it has
references that come from multiple universities that you can go back to and look
at to double check the info.

3. How would you characterize the tone?

- I would characterize the tone of the article as informative.