source:
Celik, C.B., & Odaci, H. (2013). The relationship between problematic internet use and interpersonal cognitive distortions and life satisfaction in university students. Children and Youth Services Review, 35, 505-508.
What is the basic question the paper addressed?
What did the author(s) predict?
Who were the participants (number, gender, age, ethnicity if given)?
What measures and procedures did the researchers use to test their prediction?
What were the main results (not every one, but the major ones)? Did they confirm or disconfirm the prediction?
What is one limitation of the study? (e.g., conducted only on one sample? Sample too small? Measures not reliable or valid? Did not consider alternative explanations)
3-page paper (no less; no more; give or take a couple of sentences)
Use APA style to cite your source in your text-paper. That is, (Lastname, year of pub). But if you just say which paper you are reviewing in the opening paragraph and give names and date, then you don’t need to keep doing that throughout the paper. But if you cite outside sources (don’t have to), then after you paraphrase from your source, at the end of the sentence or paragraph you must give the source(s) in parentheses, with last names of all authors and the date of publication.
DO NOT QUOTE: use your own words. Nothing they say, can’t be paraphrased.
Double-space the entire paper (no exceptions)
Have 1” margins and 12pt font size
Have a header with page # (in the “View” menu in Microsoft Word)
Have a title page and bibliography page (with the reference)
Title page: title of article, your name, date
à (note: title page and reference page do NOT count in the page total)
