In a very tiny nutshell (that holds 3-4 sentences at most), what is the purpose of the article? Summarize the purpose of the study in your own words—do not quote from the article. What questions were the authors attempting to answer?
What theory is being used to frame the study? How is the theory guiding the research?
What is the research design that the authors are using to answer their questions (e.g., experimental, survey research, textual analysis, observation)? Is it appropriate to their purpose and the questions they asked? Are there any apparent weaknesses? Are there particular strengths?
Who are the research participants? Do they represent an appropriate population to study?
What questions have been answered? That is, what do you know now that you didn’t know before? What is the “take home” message?
What questions are left unanswered? What new questions have been raised? How could you use what you learned from the results of this study to help with counteractive influence as a leader in a group?
What is your evaluation of this article? Thumbs up? Thumbs down? Or maybe you think the author(s) had

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