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Eng150 Document summaryANDcomprehensionWorksheet

This document provides instructions for students to complete a summary writing worksheet. It outlines two parts: 1) having students follow the IMRAD structure to compose a 200-300 word summary of a provided scholarly article, and 2) having students read additional popular sources summarizing the original research to increase their understanding and check their comprehension. Students are asked to answer questions reflecting on what they learned from these additional sources and how reviewing a blend of scholarly and popular analyses could help with their own research.

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Eng150 Document summaryANDcomprehensionWorksheet

This document provides instructions for students to complete a summary writing worksheet. It outlines two parts: 1) having students follow the IMRAD structure to compose a 200-300 word summary of a provided scholarly article, and 2) having students read additional popular sources summarizing the original research to increase their understanding and check their comprehension. Students are asked to answer questions reflecting on what they learned from these additional sources and how reviewing a blend of scholarly and popular analyses could help with their own research.

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ENG 150

Summary Writing Worksheet

PART 1:

IMRAD Structure

Complete the following tasks for the Rational Snacking article.

Introduction
Methods
Results
Analysis
Discussion

Summary

Compose a 200 - 300 word summary of the article.

 Be sure to introduce the authors, date, and title of the study within your
summary. This will help you avoid plagiarism.
 Be sure to accurately summarize. You may also paraphrase and quote, but be
sure to add page numbers after the words or phrases you take from the article if
you paraphrase or quote.
 Consider this an opportunity to practice writing good summaries of scientific
studies, which you will be required to do in your Annotated Bibliography
submission.

PART 2:
ENG 150
Summary Writing Worksheet
Comprehension Check

After initially reading and summarizing a source it is important to check your


understanding. One good way to do this is to find good sources that have summarized
the research already.

Read/Reflect

Read/watch the following sources (linked in the assignment page) and notice how they
increase your understanding of the scholarly research article called “Rational Snacking.”

 Marshmallow Test: Delayed Gratification isn't Just a Matter of Willpower (see


https://parentingscience.com/delayed-gratification-and-the-marshmallow-test/)
 The Marshmallow Study Revisited (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=JsQMdECFnUQ)

Respond
Compose responses to the following questions.

A. What did you learn from these sources? How have they helped you understand
the original article better?
B. How might looking at a blend of both scholarly and popular sources help you with
your own research?

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