Scholarly Source Assignment
What is the Difference between a Scholarly Journal Article and a Popular Magazine Article?
It is important that the information you learn about Psychology is supported by strong academic research. Research that is published in peer-reviewed journals is considered scholarly work. For this assignment you will distinguish between a scholarly journal article and a popular magazine article.
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2. Write a minimum one-page essay following these guidelines:
- Summarize the characteristics of each type of article.
- Compare and contrast a scholarly journal article with a popular magazine article by including three ways they are similar and three ways they are different.
- Choose a scholarly article related to your research paper topic and a non-scholarly article directly related to your topic and explain how they are similar and different. Please use specific examples from each article.
- Make sure to include references to your articles.
Students: Be sure to read the criteria, by which your paper/project will be evaluated, before you write, and again after you write.