SHS 255-Article Response Paper Guidelines
Due dates:  October 21st and November 9th

Your paper will be word processed, 12 point font, double spaced and grammatically correct.  Please follow the steps and meet the guidelines below.

Step 1:  Think about the various mental disorders and treatment approaches we are covering or with which you are familiar.  Allow your curiosity to lead you to a couple of topics you can search.

Step 2:  Using Academic Search Complete, SocIndex or Proquest Research Library (these are databases available through Seattle Central's library website), search the topics you are curious about. 

Step 3:  Choose two article of interest and be sure the entire article, not just the abstract, is available.  Read the articles and respond to the questions below.  The articles should be from peer reviewed journal articles; you may choose an article from a non-peer reviewed source but points will be deducted based on the quality of the source.

1.  What is the question the writers wanted to answer?
2.  The introduction or literature review tells you about other research on the topic.  Briefly describe the three most important points in this section.  (1-2 pages)
3.  What new information did the researchers share in the article? (1-2 pages)
4.  What do you think about this information?  What questions do you have?  What would be an interesting next step in the research?

Grading criteria