Posted: September 13th, 2017

Social Story Research and Article Review

Social Story Research and Article Review

One of the goals for this class is students will gain information and working knowledge on writing Social

Stories for children and youth with communication disorders. Therefore, students are required to

research and review an article that meets this goal. No credit will be given if the article is older than five

(5) years.

Please see the Social Story Research and Article Review Template and Rubric below.

Post your completed Template as an “attachment” in TaskStream as an attachment, in the assignment

titled, “Social Story Research and Article Review.”  Do not “cut and paste” this assignment.

Failure to use the Template, type in black, or post as an attachment will result in a final grade of zero (0).

The Template is a classroom management tool that allows me to standardize my grading.

After researching your article answer the following questions. Type your answers in the boxes provided.

The boxes will expand as you type.

Once you have completed all sections, save your answers as a Word document, and post is as an

attachment to the appropriate Research Article Review for a grade.

1.    Basic Information (5 points):
Course Number:
Name of Class:

2.    APA  Reference (5 points):
This includes date of article, author(s), name of journal, publisher and page number(s).This must be in APA

format and the article must be from a professional or scholarly journal.  If you are unsure of your journal,

ask as no credit will be given if article is not from a scholarly journal. Several examples of scholarly

journals are included in the syllabus above under the title Optional Readings and Learning Resources.

Your article should be no older than five (5) years old.

Example APA citation:
Yopp, R. H. & Yopp, H. K.  (2000). Supporting phonemic awareness development in the classroom.  The

Reading Teacher, 54 (2), 130-143.

APA Citation:

3.    Explain the purpose of this article: Who is the target audience? What is the article attempting

to accomplish? (20 points)
Purpose:
Audience:
Accomplishment:

4.    Explain the question at issue addressed by this article: Is the article trying to figure something

out, settle a question or solve a problem? Be specific. (10 points)
Issue:

5.    Explain the point of view of this article. (10 points)
Point of View:

6.    Identify the major concepts and ideas presented in this article. (20 points)
Concepts/Ideas:

7.    Define five (5) vocabulary words or terms you or another reader should know in order to make

better meaning of this article. (10 points)

Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:

8.    Identify the implications and/or consequences of the ideas presented in this article: (Consider

both positive and negative outcomes). (10 points)
Implications and/or consequences:

9.    Summarize your personal reactions to this article. (10 points)
Personal Reactions:

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