CRITIQUING RESEARCH ARTICLES

Critiquing research articles



Critiquing research articles

Introduction

Reading a research article is as much an art and science as writing one. Effective reading and writing are both reflections of comparable critical thinking skills. Both also involve communication, in one case of the “transmitter” variety and, in the other, the “receiver” variety. The principles of effective transmission and effective receiving are mirror images of one another. To be a good transmitter of information, it is key to imagine yourself in the role of receiver; to be an effective receiver, it is key to imagine what the author is trying to ...