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This document provides guidance on writing a critical review by outlining the key stages of the process: 1. Plan your approach by determining your evaluation criteria and how much of the review should focus on summary versus evaluation. 2. Make notes about the main topics, aims, methods, evidence, findings, and implications of the text being reviewed. 3. Evaluate the text by judging its quality and value according to the criteria, both in the short and long term as well as compared to other related texts.

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Writing A Critical Review CS PDF

This document provides guidance on writing a critical review by outlining the key stages of the process: 1. Plan your approach by determining your evaluation criteria and how much of the review should focus on summary versus evaluation. 2. Make notes about the main topics, aims, methods, evidence, findings, and implications of the text being reviewed. 3. Evaluate the text by judging its quality and value according to the criteria, both in the short and long term as well as compared to other related texts.

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Writing a critical

review
Critical reviews require careful planning and drafting just
like any other assignment. This guide suggests what to
focus on at each stage of the process.

1. Plan your approach


Read your assignment instructions
carefully in order to:
• determine your exact criteria;
• find out what proportion of your review
you should dedicate to summary and
evaluation; and
• know whether the summary and
evaluation should be presented as
separate sections or a combined section.

2. Make notes
Skim read the text and make notes about:
 the main question or questions;
 the author’s aim;
 the methods used;
 the evidence provided;
 the key findings or answers; and
 the implications and significance of the
findings.
3. Evaluate the text
Use your notes to evaluate the text
against your criteria.
• Judge the quality or value of the text (for
other researchers, or to practitioners in the
field, or to students).
• Consider the merits of the text in the short
term as well as the long term.
• Consider the merits of the text in
comparison to other related texts.
When evaluating the text you could answer some of
the following questions:
• Is the question the text tries to answer relevant,
interesting, new, or useful? To who, and why?
• Does the text give new answers or interpretations to
an old question?
• Is the text detailed, or brief? Simple or complex?
• Is the evidence presented to support the answer
extensive? Strong? Weak? Relevant? Persuasive?
Contradictory?
• Are the conclusions reached final, limited, qualified or
preliminary?

4. Write it up
When writing and proofreading your
critical review:
• Stay focused on your evaluation criteria.
• Read the text you are reviewing again to
check that you have covered everything.

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