Instructions

When writing a critical review of an article, you will need to summarize, evaluate, and offer critical comments on the ideas and information that the author(s) present in the article.  These articles should coincide with the theories/information presented for the designated week. 

Now that you have a foundation regarding the Afford Care Act. There has been considerable discussion regarding changes that have occurred and changes yet to come. Please research a current article regarding ACA changes, nothing earlier than 2014. The article critique you turn in must be in the format below. Your goal should be to analyze the findings or arguments, evaluate and comment on the article.  It is important to apply the economic concepts for this week and/or previous weeks, to your analysis. Article critiques will be in the following format.

Introduction

• Give the title of the article and name of the author(s) and provide a full citation of the article. Identify the writer by profession or importance.
• Identify the purpose of the article.
• Tell what the research question or point of the article is and explain why it is interesting and important. Give your overall impression.
• It is important that the introductory paragraph include a thesis-type statement which identifies the main points you will be discussing in the analysis section of the review.

Analysis

• Describe the results or conclusion the author came to in the article.
• Write an analytical summary of the main findings, arguments, or conclusions of the article/study using economic judgements.
• Discuss the strengths and usefulness of the article/study.
• Discuss what you learned from the article and if you recommend it to other students.
• Support your analysis with quotations and/or specific examples throughout.

Conclusion

• Summarize the previous discussion.
• Make a final judgment on the value of the article.
• State what you learned from the article.
• Comment on the future implications of the research.

Format

Always remember to apply APA format and properly cite the resources per the APA citation style. Failure to cite your sources is considered plagiarism and is against the academic integrity policy for this course. 

Expectations

Each critique is worth 50 points and will be evaluated on the rubric below. You will need to evaluate at least 2 of your peers as well as evaluate your own critique based on the rubric

Read about the 7 steps of the INCLUDE strategy for adjusting instruction. The descriptions of the 7 steps begin on page 140 of your textbook and go through the top of 150. Additionally, the components of INCLUDE are illustrated in Figure 5.2 on page 151. Pages 151-middle of 176 provide you specific information about each item illustrated in Figure 5.2. 

After reviewing this content, read the student case studies below and choose one you want to focus on for your work using the INCLUDE strategy.

Case Studies

WO LIN

 Wo Lin is an 11-year-old bilingual female who came to this country from Malaysia two years ago. She has encountered serious learning problems resulting primarily from her physical disability, time lost from school during surgery, and relocation to the U.S. Wo has poor circulation in her hands and feet that causes swelling and discoloration of her fingers and toes. Extremely motivated to learn and from an educationally ambitious family, she is keenly aware of her failure and very anxious in academic situations. This results in further impairment of her performance.

 Academically, she is far below the fifth grade in reading, spelling, and arithmetic. She reads at a low third grade level, with good overall comprehension based on context, but with many common words unknown to her. Auditory discrimination of consonant blends and knowledge of the consonant sound-symbol relationship are inadequate. In addition, she confuses some of the short vowel sounds and is unsure of the long vowels. 

Wo Lin has not read enough in English to develop a sufficiently large sight vocabulary to cope with the assignments given her. In arithmetic, she can perform the basic operations, but she lacks the reading ability required to complete word problems. In addition, she has difficulty completing multi-step problems such as three-digit multiplication or long division. Finally, her physical condition makes holding pencils and crayons difficult. Her poor handwriting and artwork are a source of embarrassment to her.

Wo Lin is an extremely pleasant student who makes friends easily and enjoys group activities during classes or at recess. She is the middle child in a two-parent family. Her siblings are academically average brothers who are very protective of Wo in social situations.

Create an 3-4 slide digital presentation to explain and guide fellow colleagues in how to implement them in their classrooms.

The presentation should include two examples of technology (Virtual reality and Smart board) to enhance instruction in STEM. Include the following for each technology example:

• Explain how the technology will engage students in learning and promote growth and development.
• Discuss how the technology will meet the diverse needs of students, and help develop a variety of cross-disciplinary skills.
• Describe a potential challenge that can present itself when using each technology.

Digital presentation should include graphics that are relevant to the content, visually appealing, and use space appropriately.

 Support your presentation with a minimum of 2 scholarly resources. 

Please help with draft a response to the following:

 If I go to class tomorrow without having done the reading, my professor will call on me and be angry that I am not prepared. However, if I stay up all night, which is what I would have to do to catch up on the reading, he will be angry because I will be too tired to stay awake in class. The above argument is constructed to lead to what conclusions?