The McCap Journal

[Name of the Iinstitution]

[Date of Submission]A3A

Cited the reference:

Larson, B. C., & Chang, I. (2007). Enhancing Hearing Children's Memory With American Sign Language. Intervention In School & Clinic, 42(4), 239-242. Retrieved from: http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=64376e25-a58d-4425-814e-67b4ba8e5096%40sessionmgr110&vid=1&hid=113

Mention the name of the resource from where you researched the article and before its publication was it identified by the relevant experts of the research field?

I found this research article in the EbscoHost data base. While searching the data base the researcher selected an option to display results which were peer reviewed.

Is the article research on an defined research statement, problem or question? Can the focus of the author's work determined by you?

Yes, I believe the following statement is the stated research problem; to investigate the effectiveness of American Sign Language with hearing children's of normal development and whether the use of language hinders or enhances children's short-term memory (Larson & Chang, 2007).

Has the article been researched with perspective of any means of data collection, or does it refer and define any other studies in which data were collected?

Yes, the article describes the collection of data through videotaped critiquing sessions and hours of rehearsing which included 22 items all of which were measured through a 5 point Likert scale.

Define the organized manner of this article and can it be easily adopted by other researchers? What other means could have been performed to improve organization?

This article was well organized and followed the common format of introduction, methodology, results, discussion and conclusion. This format is easy to follow. This article used graphic organizers to explain the data effectively, and it presented findings in easy to read charts. I have no recommendations in what way this article could have been better organized.

Are the previous studies on the topic reviewed and outline by the article, mention the particular section? In what ways are this previous work relevant to the research problem?

Yes, this section was labelled Introduction. It looked at the use of sign language with hearing children of normal development.

Are these procedures that has been defined and carried out in the study by the author are clear enough that you could repeat the work and get similar results? What additional information might be helpful or essential for you to replicate the study?

Yes, the researcher clearly explained the methods that were used in the study. However, since the data were gathered through video-taped sessions, the result would ...