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• Research Question(s): What research question(s) is this scholar investigating? What question(s) is driving their study?  What are they hoping to answer/address in this piece? Are there hypotheses/predictions that are driving this study?  If so, what are they?

• Conceptual Definitions/Descriptions: How has this researcher defined or described some of the major concepts/keywords in this study?

• Methods and Instruments: How did the researcher(s) investigate that question?  How did they conduct this study? What variables did they study?  What kind of data did they collect? What kind of instruments (e.g., survey, interview questions) did they use to collect data?  Can you offer examples of questions that they asked?

• Key Findings/Results: What did this researcher find out?  What discoveries did they make?

• Argument: In a sentence or two, what new knowledge is this writer is trying to move forward?  What’s the big take-away? What are they trying to persuade their readers of? Hint #1: consider including a keyword(s), especially if it’s embedded within the piece.  Hint #2: the abstract and conclusion typically offer summaries that capture the gist of the whole piece.