EXAMPLE
McAdams, C., Shillingford, M., & Trice-Black, S. (2011). Putting research into practice in school violence prevention and intervention: How is school counseling doing? Journal of School Counseling, 9(1-31).
SUMMARIZING PROFESSIONAL READING: IDENTIFYING THE KEY ELEMENTS
In professional reading, you may have to pick apart the journal article in the following manner to find the key elements:
THE PROBLEM
What is being studied?
What are the variables?
Why are variables important?
THE DATA AND SUBJECTS
Who is doing the study?
Who is involved in the study?
When does the study take place?
Where does the study take place?
THE METHODS
How was this study completed?
What instruments were used?
How was the method carried out?
THE FINDINGS
What was learned?
Increases/Decreases in learning?
THE CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
(The Discussion section of an article will often have this written in less technical language than what is found in the Results section.)
What did author state were his/her conclusions and recommendations from the study?
What did you learn?
Did you make a connection with the study?
