TOPIC: PRE-ASSIGNMENT

04 MARCH 2023

By

Dr Mathebula R.N.

LECTURE 2
 LECTURE`S OBJECTIVES

At the end of this lecture students should be able to understand the:

1.Assessing sources
*Newspapers articles, a book and/or a journal article.
2. Pre-Assignment
 ASSESSING ARTICLES

ARTICLE 1: NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

1. Identify the main features.

2. Do you agree or disagree with the views of the author/writer/reporter? Support your answer
 ASSESSING ARTICLES

ARTICLE 2: JOURNAL ARTICLE

1. Identify the main features.

• Who conducted the study.
• Where, when,
• Main focus, sample.
• Findings

2. Do you agree or disagree with the views of the author(s)? Support your answer
 PRE-ASSIGNMENT
• Two Assignments : Pre-Assignment (25%) and Post-Assignment (75%).

• Find two peer reviewed journal articles.

• Topic(s) to be given.

• Analyse the articles-Agree/disagree in a reasonable way.

• Find additional sources to support your argument.

 LETS`TALK

What is a peer reviewed journal article?

 PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Articles are written by experts and are reviewed by several other experts in the field
before the article is published in the journal in order to ensure the article's quality.

• The article is more likely to be scientifically valid, reach reasonable conclusions, etc.

• A scholarly article is commonly a study or a literature review, and usually longer than a
magazine article.
 PRE-ASSIGNMENT RUBRIC
CRITERIA MARKS COMMENTS
Easy to read-logically organized, concise, 10%
proofread for grammar, spelling and
punctuation errors.
Demonstrates understanding of the topic. 10%

Illustrates points from own readings. 10%

A scholarly writen Introduction 20%
A scholarly writen Body 20%
A scholarly writen Conclusion 20%
Referencing: Uses correct in-text and end- 10%
of-text reference techniques.
THANK YOU