Tag: Analyzing Literature

we explore key literary concepts and skills. Through discussion, we’ll deepen our knowledge.
Prepare: As you prepare to write your discussion, take a few moments to review the content covered regarding the following topics:

1. Analyzing literature.
2. The process for developing analysis writing.
3. Institutional Academic Integrity Policy.
4. APA Guidelines.
5. Citing and referencing.
   Reflect: Take time to reflect on how literature, processes for developing analysis writing, academic policies, and APA guidelines have affected how you communicate with others and, perhaps, how you believe others respond to you.
   Write: Based on the content in this module, write at least two sentences on each of the concepts listed in Prepare. In the first sentence, write a summary of what the concept is or means to you. In the second sentence, give a specific example from your own reading and writing of how you experienced or applied the concept.

Paul and Elder (2012) associate three phases with their definition of critical thinking (p. xix):

It analyzes thinking . . . By focusing on the parts of thinking in any situation—its purpose, question, information, inferences, assumptions, concepts, implications, and point of view.
It evaluates thinking . . . By figuring out its strengths and weaknesses: the extent to which it is clear, accurate, precise, relevant, deep, broad, logical, significant, and fair.
It improves thinking . . . By building on its strengths while reducing its weaknesses.
You will apply all of these phases of critical thinking to the scholarly sources you have selected. For this question activity, you will select one journal article you have selected for the Literature Review assignment and apply the first phase to analyze the thinking represented in the article:

First, describe the topics for which you researched relevant scholarly articles.
Next, identify one of these articles and explain how it is relevant to your topic.
Then use the Elements of Thought Discussion Template [DOC] to analyze the article:
What is the main purpose of the article?
What is the key question the author of the article is addressing?
What is the most important information in the article?
What key conclusions (inferences) did the author of the article come to and present?
What were the most important ideas (concepts) that one would need to understand to understand the author’s line of reasoning?
What were the main assumptions (that is, what the author is taking for granted that might be questioned)?
What was the main point of view (that is, the author’s perspective) presented in the article?