Guidelines for Writing Article Reviews

 

Reading and reviewing articles:

As you read articles in mathematics and mathematics education journals, you should write:
  1. Keyword(s) to identify the topic of the reading. Click here for a list of keywords to use.
  2. Bibliographic citation information in the exact form required.
  3. A short summary of the article or book
  4. A personal reaction
These reviews need not be lengthy (perhaps a page), but they should be thorough and thoughtful. Separate each paragraph of your narrative by the symbol <P>. Your own and your classmates' reviews will form the beginning of your resource file.

Send me an electronic copy so that I can add it to the web page of reviews.

You can send me your review by completing the Article Review Form  at www.stolaf.edu/people/wallace/Courses/MathEd/Reviews/articleinfo.html.

To complete the form, first type in the bibliographic information. Then, either type in your review narrative or cut and paste it from your word processed review after first saving it in text or ascii form. You can create an ascii copy in by using the "Save As" command in your word processor and saving it in the form "text with line breaks". You can give me a paper copy of your original word-processed review or just print the copy of the form that appears after you submit your form.

Example

Here is how the bibliographic information looks in Firefox

Keywords: Number and Operation, Activities, Technology
Ref: Taylor1
Author(s): Olson, Melfried
Year of publication : 2009
Title: Exploring Equivalent Fractions with the Graphing Calculator
Journal or Publisher: Mathematics teaching in the Middle school
Volume, Issue, Pages: Vol. 14, No. 6, February 2009
Reviewer: Taylor
Date of Review: February 14, 2009


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