Diestler’s Beoming a Critical Thinker
Use Academic One File as your research database.
Think of a research topic related to video games that would be interesting digging deeper into. Your query must include “video games” in the search. Your other search word/keywords are up to you. Some ideas are: violence, depression, autism, obesity, neuorscience, brain function, motor skills, medicine, education, augmented reality, virtual reality…
Follow these questions to guide you through a detailed, and thorough evaluation of your chose research article:
Begin with an explanation of the article you chose and why: what was particularly appealing or interesting about the study? Insert the title and make sure you use proper MLA citations including in-text citations throughout your written evaluation.
Follow the 8 questions outlined on page 75 in Diestler’s Beoming a Critical Thinker (Criteria for Evaluating Research Findings) to evaluate your research. Please use the 8 bold-face questions within the textbook to evaluate and organize your analysis. Use examples from your article and use proper citations. Be critical and detailed.
Your final paper should be at least a couple of pages long if you are effectively and thoroughly answering the 8 questions.
Lastly, conclude with a reflection: Why does good science and good research matter? What has this Module and the course taught you thus far about how we should debate, form opinions and make judgements about controversial and consequential topics in our society?
These are the eight questions that need to be answered within the text:
How large was the sample?
Is the study reliable?
Are there alternative explanations for the findings?
Have other researchers been able to duplicate the results?
Does the researcher claim that the study proves more than it was designed to prove?
Are the results statistically significant?
Has the research been done by a respected institution?
Are the researchers biased?
