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Lesson 1 - writing a critical summary
Lesson 1 - writing a critical summary
to know - the three ways to write a critical summary
to know - the three ways to write a critical summary
to be able to - understand the three approaches by reading examples of critical summaries
to be able to - understand the three approaches by reading examples of critical summaries
what is a critical summary?
what is a critical summary?
A critical summary is a series of short paragraphs that provide an overview of the strengths and weaknesses of the sources you found.
A critical summary is a series of short paragraphs that provide an overview of the strengths and weaknesses of the sources you found.
The main focus of the critical summary is to explain how well your sources helped you answer your research questions. This means you need a hypothesis in your critical summary.
The main focus of the critical summary is to explain how well your sources helped you answer your research questions. This means you need a hypothesis in your critical summary.
You need to use what you said in your source analysis and evaluation section in order to justify your conclusions. Don't just say whether your source was good or not, or if you liked it or not.
You need to use what you said in your source analysis and evaluation section in order to justify your conclusions. Don't just say whether your source was good or not, or if you liked it or not.
how to write a critical summary
how to write a critical summary
There are three ways to write a critical summary. These approaches are:
1 - Compare primary and secondary sources
2 - Group by evaluation skill (usefulness and reliability)
3 - Compare and contrast
approach 1 - comparing primary and secondary sources
approach 1 - comparing primary and secondary sources
This approach summarises the information you got from your primary sources and secondary sources. These summaries are done in seperate paragraphs. Your third paragraph is your answer to your Key Inquiry Question, meaning you are going to use your hypothesis in this paragraph and expand on it.
This approach summarises the information you got from your primary sources and secondary sources. These summaries are done in seperate paragraphs. Your third paragraph is your answer to your Key Inquiry Question, meaning you are going to use your hypothesis in this paragraph and expand on it.
See the structure for this approach below.
See the structure for this approach below.
approach 2 - group by evaluation skill
approach 2 - group by evaluation skill
Remember, the two evaluation skills are usefulness and reliability.
Remember, the two evaluation skills are usefulness and reliability.
In your first paragraph, you explain which sources were more useful in answering your sub-questions and why.
In your first paragraph, you explain which sources were more useful in answering your sub-questions and why.
In your second paragraph, you explain which sources were more reliable and why.
In your second paragraph, you explain which sources were more reliable and why.
Your third paragraph is your answer to your Key Inquiry Question, meaning you are going to use your hypothesis in this paragraph and expand on it.
Your third paragraph is your answer to your Key Inquiry Question, meaning you are going to use your hypothesis in this paragraph and expand on it.
See the structure for this approach below.
See the structure for this approach below.
approach 3 - compare and contrast
approach 3 - compare and contrast
This approach compares the usefulness of the information you got from your primary sources and secondary sources. Do your different sources have any information that corroborates?
This approach compares the usefulness of the information you got from your primary sources and secondary sources. Do your different sources have any information that corroborates?
These summaries are done in seperate paragraphs.
These summaries are done in seperate paragraphs.
Your third paragraph is your answer to your Key Inquiry Question, meaning you are going to use your hypothesis in this paragraph and expand on it.
Your third paragraph is your answer to your Key Inquiry Question, meaning you are going to use your hypothesis in this paragraph and expand on it.
See the structure for this approach below.
See the structure for this approach below.
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