Review an Article Pertaining to Remote Sensing and Change Detection

Article Review Instructions

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Search the library’s online databases such as EbscoHost and others, to find scholarly or peer-reviewed articles. You can also look in indexes available at the library.

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Read the entire article. Many journal articles can be quite complex and use complicated wording and statistics. You may need to read the article a few times before you get a full grasp of it.
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Write a citation for the journal article at the top of the review. The citation should follow the American Psychological Association’s (APA) style manual. You will need the title of the article, the journal where the article is published, the volume and issue number, publication date, author’s name and page numbers for the article.
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Write a summary of the article. This should be one to three paragraphs, depending on the length of the article. Include the purpose for the article, how research was conducted, the results and other pertinent information from the article.
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Discuss the meaning or implication of the results of the study that the article is about. This should be one to two paragraphs. This is where you offer your opinion on the article. Discuss any flaws with the article, how you think it could have been better and what you think it all means.
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Write one paragraph discussing how the author could expand on the results, what the information means in the big picture, what future research should focus on or how future research could move the topic forward. Discuss how knowledge in the area could be expanded.