Paper Summary Guidelines  You are to summarize this article in your own words emphasizing the experimental data and how it was used. Do not cut and paste or quote directly from the article. The summary should be entirely in your own words. Your paper should contain a brief summary of background information so that a casual reader can understand the significance of the research in question. You should summarize the major findings of the study and the experiments and data that lead the authors to those findings. You do not need to go into depth on the details of the experimental methods but you should present an overview of the methods/approach used and the results they yielded. Your goal should be to communicate the major findings of the paper so that it is comprehensible without the reader going back to the original article. Also, suggest a title for the paper.  Organisational Tips:  1. Take about ½-¾ page to introduce the paper topic/background information.  2. Next, go through the experiments one by one (2-3 pages).  3. Explain what question was asked in the first experiment (what was measured, what were the variables, why?) What was the result of the experiment? What can we conclude from the results?  4. Then move on to the next experiment. Link it to the previous experiment. What was measured, Why was that particular measurement necessary? What did the results tell us? What can we conclude from the results?  5. In discussing the experiments it’s helpful to look at the tables and figures. The most important results from the paper are presented in the figures and tables. Describing what you see and conclude from the figures is a “better” approach that simply paraphrasing what the authors say in the text.  6. Finally wrap up your summary (½-¾). Tie the results together and summarize the main findings of the paper. Include any critique of the paper in your conclusion.  A good summary will address the following questions:  1. What basic question(s) does the paper address?  2. How did the author link his/her work to previous research? Give a brief background/introduction to the topic.  3. What are the main conclusions of the paper?  4. Do the data support the conclusions?  5. What is the quality of the evidence?  6. Why are the conclusions important?  7. What questions remain unanswered?  Format:  • 3-4 pages typewritten (closer to 4 pages than to 3 pages if you expect an A).  • 12 pt, Times New Roman, , double spaced, 1” margins.  • Page numbers & your name in the document header.  • No references needed. You are simply summarizing this paper.