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Assessment item 2
Writing Journal and Reflection
Value: 40%
Due date: 24-Apr-2018
Length: 1200 words
Submission method options
Interact2 Journal
Task
It is important that students are able to evaluate information to ensure that verifiable, accurate and pertinent research is used to support academic argument and that claims made are viewed as valid and significant. Evaluation of information is also an essential skill for Registered Nurses to ensure that their practice is reflective of current, evidence based, high quality research. The Currency, Reliability, Authority and Purpose (CRAP) test is a set of criteria used to evaluate information sources, such as journal articles, books and websites (Charles Sturt University: Division of Library Services, 2017). Each week in your tutorial you will be given a piece of writing or a website to evaluate. Tutorial time (online and on campus) will be allocated to discussion and critique of this information using the CRAP test.
Throughout this subject you will be required to engage in reflection through questions posed as part of the learning modules; a Journal space will be available in your Interact2 site to add and share weekly reflections on your learning and development.
For this assessment, you are to choose 1 (one) of the articles evaluated during your tutorials. You are then required to research and select one other journal article, not provided as part of your course material, on the same or a similar topic (as the chosen tutorial article), and write your own critique of BOTH journal articles. You are then required to conclude the assessment with a reflection on the process of evaluating the two articles, using the Describe, Interpret, Evaluate and Plan (DIEP) strategy.
How do you evaluate resources? The CRAP test involves asking these questions:
•Is there Currency?
•Is there Reliability?
•Does this have Authority?
•What is the author’s Purpose?
Both of the critiques should:
•Follow the CRAP test principles; and
•utilise academic language throughout.
DIEP is a strategy to help with writing a critical or academic reflection with a focus on four steps. The four steps in this approach are:
•Describe an insight (new understanding)
•Interpret and Evaluate it
•Plan how it might transfer to future practice or learning.
Your reflection should:
•Follow the DIEP strategy; and
•utilise academic language throughout (first person should be used for the reflection only).
The assessment as a whole must:
•Adhere to the word limit (approximately 400 words for each evaluation and 400 words for the reflection recommended);
•adhere to assessment presentation requirements;
•include in text citations and a reference list (using APA 6th referencing). As a minimum both articles must be referenced; and
•be submitted to the Interact2 Assessment Journal.
Supportive materials for this assessment, including templates, can be found in the subject’s Interact2 site under ‘Assessment Resources’.
Assessment 2 Journal Articles
Journal articles to select from
Bad apps: mHealth doubling as medical devices
The war on stupidity
Friend-zone with benefits: The parasocial advertising of Kim Kardashian
#Boundaries: When patients become friends
Evaluating evidence: defining levels and quality using critical appraisal mixed methods tools
First year undergraduate students’ perceptions of lecturer and peer feedback: A New Zealand Action Research Project
First year nursing students’ experiences of social media during the transition to university: A focus group study
Happiness, stress, a bit of vulgarity, and lots of discursive conversation. A pilot study examining nursing s
The list now consists of journal articles ONLY. We have removed all the other sources from the list to make it easier for you to choose one journal article for your assessment. You will then search for a second one through the databases/ search engines like Primo search. Your second article should be separate from the listed ones. students’ tweets about nursing education posted to Twitter
GUIDE
Assessment 2- Journal and Reflection
• Ask yourself the following questions when addressing each criteria
• Adhere to academic writing conventions when formulating your responses
• Aim for 400 words per article, this does NOT include in text citations or the reference list
• Ensure that you reference the articles and any supporting sources according to APA referencing 6th edition.
Article 1- Tutorial article
Briefly introduce the article
Currency
When was the article written?
Is the article current (for a non-historical assessment)?
Reliability
Is the source peer-reviewed?
Is the source published by an academic institution or by a professional association?
Is it’s content the author’s opinion or have they offered evidence?
Is it balanced?
Does the creator provide references or sources for data or quotations? Do those references pass the CRAP test?
Is the source reputable?
Authority
Who is the creator or author?
Do they have qualifications and/or affiliations relevant to the subject area? (Articles in scholarly journals often provide a short author profile, or at least the author’s affiliations).
In the case of a journal article, is it from a peer-reviewed journal?
Purpose
Is this fact or opinion?
Is it biased?
Is the creator or author trying to sell you something?
Conclusion
Is this a high quality source of information that could be used to formulate and support academic work? Why/why not?
Article 2- Researched article
Briefly introduce the article
How does this relate to the tutorial article?
Currency
When was the article written?
Is the article current (for a non-historical assessment)?
Reliability
Is the source peer-reviewed?
Is the source published by an academic institution or by a professional association?
Is it’s content the author’s opinion or have they offered evidence?
Is it balanced?
Does the creator provide references or sources for data or quotations? Do those references pass the CRAP test?
Is the source reputable?
Authority
Who is the creator or author?
Do they have qualifications and/or affiliations relevant to the subject area? (Articles in scholarly journals often provide a short author profile, or at least the author’s affiliations).
In the case of a journal article, is it from a peer-reviewed journal?
Purpose
Is this fact or opinion?
Is it biased?
Is the creator or author trying to sell you something?
Conclusion
Is this a high quality source of information that could be used to formulate and support academic work? Why/why not?
Reflection
• Aim for 400 words in this section
Describe
What did I learn?
Reflect on the experience of applying the CRAP test to critique information. Focus on what you learned and give the details of what happened.
Some suggested starting phrases: The most interesting (surprising/ important/ significant/ …) (insight/ theory/ thing …) I read (saw/ heard/ realised/ learned…) from this activity is that … One thing I realise (understand …) now is that … A significant issue I have not addressed in my previous writing is …
Interpret
What might it mean?
Interpret the insight: Explain the meaning of the new insight: your understanding/ hypotheses/ conclusions/ connections with other learning/ possible complexities/ questions unanswered/ etc. You can refer to ideas and theory in your course material, in research literature and from other sources to support your explanation of the insight/s.
Some suggested starting phrases: This realisation may have important relevance for three reasons. First, it implies … A possible implication/meaning of this new idea/understanding is that … This (new) understanding of … is likely to mean three things. It could be …
Evaluate
How is this useful for my deeper understanding?
Evaluate what you have learned. Make judgments about the value of what you have learned connected to observations you have made. Refer to and theory from your subject and the literature here too, to show how your insight is connected to discipline knowledge and how your thinking has changed for the better.
Some suggested starting phrases: This concept of … is valuable for …/ will change the way I approach … This understanding is important in a number of ways. First it … This insight is connected with (theoretical approaches to …/ theories/ concepts/ Having realised that …, I wonder if …/ I intend to develop …
Plan
How might this learning apply in my future?
Plan how this learning will be applied in practice. Comment on relevance to your degree, nursing and/or life.
Use future tense in this paragraph to show transfer of knowledge to the future. A suggested starting phrase: This (new insight) will be useful in this bachelor degree, in my future career as a nurse …
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