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Download the PDF of the example journal article.

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Download the PDF of the example journal article.

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As a group, click on the following link and complete the worksheet:

Group 1

Group 2

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In groups, read the slides above and refer to your notes from the pre-class activity to note three similarities and/or differences between these two kinds of research document:

Journal article

Research proposal

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In groups, watch the video and complete the exercise for Activity 2 on Blackboard and answer these questions on your group's padlet:

1. When reading an academic journal article, should you read every single section? Why / Why not?

2. Put the sections of the journal article below in the suggested reading order:

1.  Subheadings / diagrams
2. Topic sentence of each first paragraph in each section
3. Any sections that seem important (read in more detail only at this stage)
4. Abstract
5. Bibliography (=References)
6. Date of publication
7. Introduction & Conclusion
8. Title

3. After scanning the text, what should you do next?

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We are going to consider the topic of mental health and wellbeing.

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We are going to consider the topic of mental health and wellbeing.

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1.  Discuss:

•What is ‘mental health’? What is ‘wellbeing’? Give examples.

•How might poor mental health lead to poor wellbeing? Give examples.

•How might good mental health lead to good wellbeing? Give examples.

2.  Look at the following example research question:

What are the effects of online study on student mental health and wellbeing?

What does this researcher want to find out? Explain in your own words.

3. If you were going to research this question, which of the following journal article titles would be useful for your own research:

The relationship between teacher and student mental health and wellbeing

Mental health in distance learning: barriers and enablers to student mental wellbeing

Using song writing to improve student mental health and wellbeing

Student mental health and the effectiveness of counselling

Distance learning and parental mental health during Covid-19