Instructions 

For the primary paper given, answer each of the questions below and explain your answers.  Make sure your readers will be able to see what you understand about this piece of primary literature. 

• What question is addressed by this research?  Explain the relevant past research and the ideas that led to this question.

• What hypothesis was investigated in this study?  Explain how it is related to the research question you discussed in #1 above.

• How was the study set up?  Explain why it was set up this way.

• What data were collected?  Explain why the authors chose these particular data to collect.

• What were the results? 

• Explain how well the results do (or do not) support the hypothesis.

• Explain any alternative explanations for the findings (your own ideas and/or the authorÕs).

• What further research does this study suggest (to you and/or the author)?   Explain why it should be conducted.

Research in Education and Learning, Cognitive Science, Hampshire College, devised these questions in collaboration with the Natural Science faculty.