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I N STR UCTIO NS ● F or t h is p aper, l e va lu ate a nd c rit iq ue c la im s m ade i n a p opula r p re ss a rtic le ( n ew sp aper, m agazin e, p re ss r e le ase ) r e la te d t o a “ s e x d if f e re nce ” – i n o th er w ord s, a r e ce nt a rtic le ( p ublis h ed w it h in t h e p ast 1 5 y e ars ) t h at m ake s c la im s a bout “ d if f e re nce s” b etw een t h e g enders t h at a re b ase d o n a ctu al r e se arc h . F in d t h e p aper t h at i s b ein g c it e d i n t h e a rtic le , r e ad i t a nd d is cu ss t h e d egre e t o w hic h i t i s a ccu ra te ly r e pre se nte d. ● T his p aper i s i n te nded t o r e fle ct y o ur c rit ic a l t h in kin g s kills i n a w rit te n f o rm at. ● I t d oes n ot h ave t o b e e xce ssiv e ly l o ng ( 3 -4 d ouble s p aced p ag es o f o rig in al w rit in g o r a p pro xim ate ly 1 ,0 00 w ord s), b ut i t m ust b e d ir e ct a nd t o t h e p oin t! ● Y ou a re r e q uir e d t o f o llo w A PA g uid elin es ( 6 th o r 7 th e d it io n a re b oth a ccep ta b le ) w hen f o rm attin g y o ur p aper, a nd c it in g y o ur r e fe re nce s. T he p ag e l im it d oes n ot i n clu de a n A PA f o rm atte d t it le p ag e o r r e fe re n ce s ectio n ( b oth o f w hic h a re r e q uir e d ) . B elo w a re t h e s te ps y o u a re e xp ecte d t o t a ke w hen p re parin g a nd w rit in g y o ur p aper. S te p s : ● S te p 1 . F in d a p opula r p re ss a rtic le ( fr o m a m agazin e o r a n ew sp aper) o r a p re ss r e le ase p ublis h ed w it h in t h e l a st 1 5 y e ars t h at m ake s a s tr o ng c la im a bout a g ender o r s e x d if f e re nce ( re fr a in f r o m u sin g W ik ip edia o r p eople ’s o pin io ns o n p ers o nal b lo g s it e s). I f y o u c a n f in d a r e ally g ood c lip f r o m a n atio nally s yn dic a te d n ew s b ro adca st o r n ew s p ro gra m ( e .g ., G ood M orn in g A m eric a ) y o u m ay a ls o u se t h at, h ttp ://w ww.p rw eb.c o m / i s a g ood r e so urc e f o r f in din g p re ss r e le ase s w hic h a ls o m ay b e u se d. A noth er e xce lle nt s o urc e o f s cie ntif ic p re ss a rtic le s i s S cie nce D aily ( h ttp s://w ww.s cie nce daily .c o m /) b ut k e ep i n m in d t h at t h eir a rtic le s a re l a rg ely j u st i n te rv ie w s w it h t h e a uth ors o f t h e o rig in al s tu dy a nd t h ere fo re m ig ht n ot f it t h e p urp ose o f t h e c u rre nt a ssig nm ent. T his p aper M UST b e a p opula r p re ss a rtic le a nd n ot f r o m a p eer-re vie w ed s ch ola rly j o urn al. S om e e xa m ple s o f p eer r e vie w ed s ch ola rly j o urn als i n clu de: N atu re , S cie nce , T he L ance t, N ew S cie ntis t, P ro ce edin gs o f t h e N atio nal A ca dem y o f S cie nce s o f t h e U nit e d S ta te s o f A m eric a . S om e e xa m ple s o f p opula r p re ss s o urc e s i n clu de: N ew Y ork T im es, N ew sw eek, P sych olo gy T o day, T he G uard ia n. C arle to n U niv e rs it y p ro vid es a u se fu l e xp la natio n f o r w hy t h ese s o urc e s d if f e r ( h ttp s://lib ra ry .c a rle to n.c a /h elp /a ca dem ic -jo urn a ls -v s-p opula r-m ag azin es-a n d-n e w sp aper s ). I t’s i m porta nt t o r e m em ber t h e p opula r p re ss a rtic le s o fte n r e port f in din gs f r o m s ch ola rly a rtic le s, b ut m ay s o m etim es g et t h e d eta ils w ro ng, o r g iv e a n i n co rre ct i m pre ssio n o f t h e r e su lt s . ● S te p 2 . P ro vid e m e w it h a s u m mary o f t h e c o nte nt o f t h e p re ss-re le ase /p opula r p re ss a rtic le /n ew s b ro adca st a nd c o m pare i t t o t h e c la im s m ade i n a ny o rig in al p eer-re vie w ed a ca dem ic a rtic le t h at w as p ublis h ed w it h in t h e l a st 1 5 y e ars i t r e fe re nce s ( y e s, y o u w ill h ave t o r e ad t h e o rig in al p aper w hic h y o u s h ould b e a ble t o a cce ss t h ro ugh t h e l ib ra ry w ebsit e ). I n t h e p aper, d escrib e t h e h yp oth esis , v a ria ble s, r e se arc h m eth od a nd r e su lt s u se d i n t h at a rtic le . ● S te p 3 . N ext y o u w ill c rit iq ue t h e c la im s m ade i n t h e p opula r p re ss a rtic le a nd e va lu ate w heth er t h e c la im s b ein g m ade a re i n f a ct r e alis tic . W hat c la im s a re t h ey m akin g a bout t h e ” g ender” o r ” s e x” d if f e re nce ? ● S te p 4 . F in d o ne d if f e re nt p eer-re vie w ed a rtic le t h at e it h er s u pports o r r e fu te s s o m e o f t h e c la im s m ade i n t h e a rtic le o r p re ss r e le ase a nd d escrib e i t ‘s h yp oth esis , m eth od, r e su lt s a nd c o nclu sio ns. ● S te p 5 . W rit e y o ur p aper m akin g n ote o f t h e c rit e ria i t w ill b e g ra ded o n ( s e e M ark in g R ubric ). N ote t h at t h is i s n ot a j o urn alin g a ssig nm en t ( i. e ., r e fr a in f r o m p ro vid in g a p la y-b y-p la y a bout w hat t h ey d id ). T o e nsu re t h at t h e f id elit y o f y o ur f o rm attin g i s m ain ta in ed ( th is m ake s u p 1 0% o f t h e p aper’s g ra de). ● T he p urp ose o f t h e p aper i s t o e nco ura ge t o n ot s im ply t a ke c la im s m ade i n t h e p opula r p re ss a t f a ce v a lu e, b ut t o e xa m in e a ll c la im s a nd i n ve stig ate t h e v a lid it y o f t h ose c la im s.