Cycle of Science: Individual study

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• Full reference for the scientific report that you are mapping out:
 New Knowledge Knowledge Bank
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• What new knowledge did the authors’ study contribute, in relation to their hypotheses (if
identified)? What were their main findings?
• In other words, what more do we know now from the authors’ study?
• Clearly state whether or not the relevant hypothesis (if identified) for each given
finding was supported.
• Avoid the use of statistical jargon and communicate the main findings using simple
language that anyone can understand.
• Make sure that you are presenting the authors’ main findings using your own words.
Write each bullet point from scratch.
Hypotheses
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• State the authors’ hypotheses. The hypotheses should feature the methodological
variables (e.g., participants, task, predictor and outcome variables). The research design
relevant to a given hypothesis should be evident from the way in which the hypothesis is
worded.
• If the authors did not clearly state their hypotheses, you can note this.
• Make sure that you are presenting the authors’ hypotheses using your own words. Write
each bullet point from scratch.
Method
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• Outline the key details of the authors’ methodology (i.e., participants, task, predictor and
outcome variables, research design).
• Focus on the most important methodological details (i.e., ones that help to make sense
of information provided in all other boxes in the Cycle). You should not include any
irrelevant details that do not connect to other information provided in your Cycle.
• Make sure that you are presenting each methodological detail in your own words. Write
each bullet point from scratch.
Previous Knowledge
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• Describe the key previous findings and theory that motivated the authors’ new study.
• In other words, what did the authors already know about the topic prior to
conducting their study?
• Make sure to include relevant methodological details along with the findings.
• Reference the original source of information following APA 7th referencing style:
• For work by a single author - (Last name of author, year of publication)
• For work by two authors - (Last name of author #1 & Last name of author
#2, year of publication)
• For work by three or more authors - (Last name of author #1 et al., year of
publication)
• Note: Even if you include a reference, you still need to make sure that you are presenting
the ideas in each bullet point using your own words. Write each bullet point from scratch.
Limitation + Knowledge Gap
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• Describe the gap(s) in knowledge the authors sought to address in their study.
• In other words, what did the authors NOT know about the topic prior to
conducting their study?
• Clearly identify the methodological limitation(s) in previous studies that has left
the gap(s) in knowledge.
• Make sure that you are presenting the limitation and gap in knowledge the authors
sought to address using your own words. Write each bullet point from scratch.
Theory + Aim
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• Summarise the authors’ aim(s). Where relevant, the aim should integrate the theory
they sought to test.
• In other words, based on what they already knew and what they still did not
know, what was the authors’ study aimed to find out?
• Note that the theory underlying a given aim may be provided earlier in the
Introduction, prior to the aim being stated.
• Make sure that you are presenting the authors’ theory and aim of the study using your
own words. Write each bullet point from scratch.