1. Skills for Doctoral Research:
Literature Critique
Seminar Objectives:
Describe the purpose and distinguishing characteristics of the peer-review system
Describe and analyze components of an empirical peer-reviewed article
Critique key components of an empirical peer-reviewed article
Seminar Activities:
Welcome and Overview (5 min.)
Peer-Review System Q&A (15 min.)
Critique of Key Components: Group Activity/Discussion (25 min.)

2. The Peer-Review System
Purpose of peer-review
Identifying resources as peer-reviewed
Examples of things that are not peer-reviewed
Dissertation committee as peer-review
Students as engagers in scholarly critique

3. Peer-Review Resources: Key Components
Theoretical Framework
Literature Review
Research Questions and/or hypotheses
Assumptions, limitations, and delimitations
Implications of the research

4. Critique Key Components of an Empirical Peer-Reviewed Article
After reviewing the assumptions, limitations, and delimitations
What could the author (s) have done to make this a stronger study?
Based on this one article, what are the possible studies that could be undertaken?