BOOK REVIEW OR ARTICLE CRITIQUE

 Evaluating someone’s work

Criticism - focusing on the flaws
Critique - focus on the improvement
Sole purpose

Scholarly works - Research

Thesis
Dissertation
Soundness - valid / clear
 Specialized form of academic writing
 Evaluates the contribution to knowledge of
scholarly works
Structure of a Book Review nor Article Critique
Introduction - 5% of the paper
Summary - 10% of the paper
Review / Critique - 75% of the paper
Conclusion - 10% of the paper

Writing a Research Report

 expanded paper that presents interpretations
and analysis of a phenomenon based on
experiments and previous information

PARTS OF RESEARCH REPORTS

Title Page - contains an informative title that

describes the content of the paper, the name of
authors/s, addresses or affiliations, and date of
submission.
Abstract - contains the summary of the research
findings and conclusions.
Introduction - explains the current state of the field
and identifies research gasps.
Literature Review - contains the summary and
synthesis of all available sources directly related to
the study
Methodology - describes how the experiments or
test in the research were conducted.
Results - factually described the data gathered and
the tables and graphs that summarize the collected
data
Discussion - provides an explanation of all the
results in relation to the previous studies presented
in the literature review.
Conclusion - contains the restatement of the major
findings, the limitations of the study, the
recommendations, and the implications.
References - contains the different sources used in
the study. These may be academic books, journals,
and other online sources.