BRE810 S216 Page 1 of 1 Assessment Item 2 Literature Review- Article critique Description/Focus: Literature review- Article critique Value: 35 % Due date: Midnight Friday Week 9 Length: 2500-3000 words Task: Undertake a literature search on a topic of your choice and select two academic journal articles and write an article critique on each. Presentation: Submission in a word document only. Include appropriate headings; font Arial 11. CDU Harvard referencing style required. Submissions via Learnline through safeassign submission point. Assessment criteria: Refer to the assessment rubric on learnline Background to the task The assessment requires you to select two academic journal articles from the topic area of your choice. An academic article critique requires you to engage with the articles that you have selected by summarising key points or arguments and evaluating or critiquing the way in which the author conducted or has presented the research. You will need to report the articles main findings or ideas, contribution to knowledge and or methodologies used in the research, along with limitations, and or identification of future research. It is expected that you will critique these articles based on the concepts and understandings that you have gained about conducting research from this unit and the knowledge that you have in the area you have selected. Hint: Select your articles carefully as not all academic articles will present you with information that will enable you to critique easily, or provide you with the opportunity for thoughtful engagement. Also, remember what you have been learning in class. Some useful sources Note: to access the links copy and paste into your internet browser Charles Darwin University, Academic assignment- other assignment types- critiques, accessed 15.06.15 at http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/studyskills/studyskills/critiques.html University of the Fraser Valley, Article review/critique, accessed on 15.06.15 at http://www.ufv.ca/media/assets/writing-centre/article+review+and+critique.pdf University of New South Wales, Writing a critical review, accessed on 15.06.15 at https://student.unsw.edu.au/writing-critical-review